MISSING City AM founder Leonid Rozhetskin's rival Leonid Reiman has been sacked as Russia's Communications Minister.

Reiman, who effectively controlled Russia's mobile phone market, became minister in 1999.

Before London-based Rozhetskin went missing from his bloodstained Latvian holiday home in March, he was involved in court battles with Reiman over his shareholding in phones giant MegaFon.

Would-be Arsenal owner Alisher Usmanov, from Uzbekistan, was this week reported to have ...