Archive for September 2nd, 2006

Kommersant Swallowed Whole

By Sean at 2 September, 2006, 8:21 am

Another domino falls. Another symbol, if not the representative of Russian independent media, has been scooped up by a Kremlin ally. The business daily, Kommsersant was sold this week for $300 million to Alisher Usmanov. Usmanov is the owner of Owner of Oskol Steel Mill, the Ural Steel industrial complex, the Lebedinsky Iron [...]

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