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"Sources have told ESPN that New York-based investment bank JP Morgan will underwrite the project, with $6 billion distributed as loans to the teams."
"Quite simply, its formation would mark the biggest shakeup in global soccer in decades, perhaps ever. The implications for global broadcasters would be enormous."
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Streamer DAZN & Mogul Len Blavatnik Deny Involvement In Euro Super League As Fury Builds deadline.com/2021/04/europeโฆ
"European soccer has become a playing field for the worldโs oligarchs, especially those who became fabulously wealthy through oil. Mind-boggling sums of money exchange hands..."
"It comes after Russia's detained opposition figure Alexei Navalny called for action to be taken against Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov, who has ties with Everton."
"In December 2016, a suspicious activity report (SAR) was filed by a bank about Mr. Abramovich. It identified more than $1bn of suspicious payments involving offshore shell companies..."
"...FIFA executive Jack Warner visited Putin at the Kremlin less than a week before an alleged multimillion-dollar bribery scheme was initiated to buy his vote in the competition to host the 2018 World Cup."
"Itโs the first time the US Department of Justice has officially accused representatives working for Russia and Qatar of paying corrupt officials to secure hosting rights."
"In 2013, Manchester United announced a 5-year deal that made Aeroflot, the Russian state airline, its official carrier. A year earlier, Chelsea had unveiled Gazprom as its official energy partner."
"Gazprom is one of World Cup 2018โs chief sponsors, but the company has poured money into football in and out of Russia for over a decade. Gazprom is a major sponsor of Europeโs club competition, the Champions League."
"Just last month, the FBI warned of the ongoing & heightened threat posed by domestic violent extremists. Those of us who were in Oklahoma City in April 1995 do not need any warning."
AG Garland remembers OKC bombing, points to threat of domestic terror abcn.ws/3gnUDcY
"Attorney Stephen Jones said Merrick Garland will become one of the great attorneys general of the United States."
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"Dutch bank ABN Amro on Monday said it had reached a 480-million-euro ($574 million) settlement with prosecutors in the Netherlands over money laundering allegations..."
"...accused ABN AMRO of having violated the Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorism Financing Act...the bank is also accused of culpable money laundering."
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"Danske Bank CEO Chris Vogelzang has resigned after Dutch authorities named him a suspect in connection with their investigation into violations relating to the prevention of money laundering at ABN AMRO."
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Totally missed this part of the 'US response' to Russia on Thursday (more on that later).
Seems important.
Executive Order on Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/โฆ
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"I, JOSEPH BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, find that specified harmful foreign activities of the Gov't of the Russian Federation constitutes an unusual & extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, & economy of the United States."
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"...in particular, efforts to undermine the conduct of free and fair democratic elections and democratic institutions in the United States and its allies and partners..."
ICYMI - In 2019, OCCRP quietly disclosed that Ukrainian politician Serhiy Lovochkin & his sister Yulia Lovochkina were secret co-owners of Trasta Komercbanka, a Latvian bank that was a key piece in the 'Russian Laundromat'.