Article: TALKING of Arsenal, what is Alisher Usmanov doing... [Derived headline]

Article: Alisher Usmanov increases stake in Arsenal to more ...
AP Worldstream;  February 15, 2008 ;     445 words ...Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has increased his stake in Arsenal to more than 24 percent. Usmanov's Red and White Holdings Ltd. did not give the exact percentage ...

Article: ALISHER USMANOV, tipped to become.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 2, 2007 ;     260 words ...ALISHER USMANOV, tipped to become Arsenal's next owner, has beenlabelled a 'gangster and a racketeer' by Independence Party MEP Thomas Wise.Wise claimed Usmanov served six-years in jail in the USSR in the 1980s. Usmanov's lawyers say he committed no offence.

Article: BILLIONAIRE Alisher Usmanov has.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 27, 2007 ;     292 words ...Byline: SIMON JONES BILLIONAIRE Alisher Usmanov has told the Arsenal board that Russia willbenefit from his buy-up of the club's shares. The Gunners told Usmanov that he ...

Article: DAVID DEIN, Alisher Usmanov's gofer.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 7, 2007 ;     296 words ...Byline: PAUL HAYWARD DAVID DEIN, Alisher Usmanov's gofer in the attempted Uzbeki annexationof Arsenal, told a conference in Zurich this week: 'I have not met one of thesemassive ...

Article: Vyakhirev Gets A New Investment Advisor.(Rem Vyakhirev, ...
NEFTE Compass;  December 7, 2000 ;     652 words ...The general director of Gazprominvestholding, Alisher Usmanov, has been appointed advisor to Gazprom chief executive Rem Vyakhirev. Usmanov's responsibilities will be mainly connected with ...

Article: Arsenal's oligarch takes on his friend Abramovich ; Yesterday ...
Evening Standard - London;  August 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... surprising is that two of the richest Russians should now end up, 1,500 miles from Moscow, on opposing teams. Literally. Alisher Usmanov, who has bought 15 per cent of Arsenal for 75 million and, many suspect, is poised to launch a takeover bid for the club ...

Article: Vibrant Arsenal look a million dollars ; Gunners show they don't ...
Evening Standard - London;  October 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ...HOURS after Alisher Usmanov claimed in Moscow he wanted to give peace a chance, the message a thousand miles north here in Bucharest was even more emphatic ...