Regurgitating this Koch Connection ICYMI Originally brought in by Steven Mnuchin, the Koch brothers are now helping finance Hollywood’s biggest films https://www.salon.com/2017/08/09/the-koch-brothers-go-to-hollywood-republican-megadonors-have-quietly-invested-in-films-like-wonder-woman-and-dunkirk/
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Divests Stake in RatPac-Dune Entertainment Mnuchin promised he'd sell his stake in the firm, which he co-owned with filmmaker Brett Ratner and billionaire Len Blavatnik https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/treasury-secretary-steven-mnuchin-divests-stake-ratpac-dune-entertainment-1015425
Billionaire Len Blavatnik Buys Warner Music Group For $3.3 Billion FORBES and other news outlets reported that billionaire Len Blavatnik‘s Access Industries was on the verge of purchasing Warner Music Group. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2011/05/06/billionaire-len-blavatnik-buys-warner-music-group-for-3-3-billion/amp/
Access Industries an American privately held multinational industrial group.[1] It was founded in 1986 by businessman Leonard "Len" Blavatnik, who is also its chairman. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Industries
How Putin's oligarchs funneled millions into GOP campaigns.This column originally published December 15, 2017. New allegations about $500k in payments from a Russian oligarch made to Trump attorney Michael Cohen have placed it back in the news. https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/05/08/putins-proxies-helped-funnel-millions-gop-campaigns
THE KOCH BROTHERS
HELPED PAYFOR 'WONDER WOMAN' WITH BILL GATES: REPORTThe way the story goes ... Steven Mnuchin roped Charles Koch, David Koch and Gates intoa production company he helped start to finance movies like 'WW,' "Dunkirk," and Spielberg's upcoming "Ready Player One."
HELPED PAYFOR 'WONDER WOMAN' WITH BILL GATES: REPORTThe way the story goes ... Steven Mnuchin roped Charles Koch, David Koch and Gates intoa production company he helped start to finance movies like 'WW,' "Dunkirk," and Spielberg's upcoming "Ready Player One."
The Ukraine-born billionaire owner of Warner Music is not only a backer of films who has looked at buying a Hollywood studio, he’s also reportedly on the fringe of the Mueller probe thanks to generous GOP giving and links to oligarchs with ties to Putin. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/features/why-is-warner-music-group-owner-len-blavatnik-russia-probe-1150550
Nikki Haley blasted Russia at an event sponsored by a Russia-linked oligarch Haley, long seen as the Trump administration’s most vocal Kremlin critic, received the conservative Hudson Institute’s 2018 Global Leadership Award at a New York gala. https://qz.com/1483682/nikki-haley-attacked-russia-at-an-oligarch-sponsored-hudson-institute-event/amp/
Russian Oligarch Blavatnik https://twitter.com/tentoads4truth/status/1071857896621694976?s=21
Edit to prior tweet, should be Vekselberg. Too many crooks on my mind :/ Firm linked to Russian mogul paid $500,000 to Trump attorney Michael Cohen
United States Court of Appeals,Second Circuit.
NOREX PETROLEUM LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACCESS INDUSTRIES, INC., Renova, Inc., Leonard Blavatnik, Victor Vekselberg, Alfa Group Consortium, Crown Finance Foundation, CTF Holdings https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-2nd-circuit/1284779.html
NOREX PETROLEUM LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACCESS INDUSTRIES, INC., Renova, Inc., Leonard Blavatnik, Victor Vekselberg, Alfa Group Consortium, Crown Finance Foundation, CTF Holdings https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-2nd-circuit/1284779.html
Ltd., Alfa Finance Holdings, S.A., Crown Luxembourg Holdings, S.A., Elliot Spitz, Tyumen Oil Company, Simon Kukes, Joseph Bakaleynik, LT Enterprises Limited, Sandwell Enterprises Limited, Eastmount Properties Limited and Aston Trustees Limited, Defendants-Appellees.
Koch Bromance with Russia Needs Investigating; Koch Funding Behind Nunes-Gowdy Attempts to Scuttle Russia Investigation? In a complaint, NOREX alleges an improper takeover of TNK, which involved Alfa Group. https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/koch-bromance-with-russia-needs-investigating-koch-funding-behind-nunes-gowdy-attempts-to-scuttle-russia-investigation/amp/
Warner Bros. Declines to Renew Brett Ratner's Financing Deal Ratner partnered with James Packer, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as well as silent investors like the Koch brothers and Bill Gates, Len Blavatnik https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/warner-bros-declines-renew-brett-ratners-financing-deal-1101916
Did Warner Bros. Overpay With Its RatPac-Dune Deal? Little has been known about the investors, although Mnuchin had enlisted the Koch brothers as well as Bill Gates as backers. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/did-warner-bros-overpay-ratpac-dune-deal-1176352
The Hollywood Connection Between Trump’s Treasury Pick and Billionaire at Center of Netanyahu Scandal
Steven Mnuchin is the business partner of James Packer, whose gifts to the Netanyahu family are being probed by the Israel Police. (2016) https://www.haaretz.com/amp/israel-news/.premium-between-trumps-treasury-pick-and-billionaire-at-center-of-netanyahu-scandal-1.5468112
Steven Mnuchin is the business partner of James Packer, whose gifts to the Netanyahu family are being probed by the Israel Police. (2016) https://www.haaretz.com/amp/israel-news/.premium-between-trumps-treasury-pick-and-billionaire-at-center-of-netanyahu-scandal-1.5468112
Mnuchin Says Deripaska and Family Are Minority Rusal Owners Mnuchin said that Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and his family together own less than a majority of shares in United Co. Rusal https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-04-09/mnuchin-says-deripaska-and-family-are-minority-rusal-owners
Tangled Rusal Ownership Thwarts Easy End to Sanctions: QuickTake https://www.bloombergquint.com/quicktakes/tangled-rusal-ownership-thwarts-easy-end-to-sanctions-quicktake.amp
US Senate Majority Leader McConnell May Be On The Dole For Russian Monies Via US Companies Len Blavatnik, a dual U.S.-U.K. citizen https://grondamorin.com/2018/12/10/us-senate-majority-leader-mcconnell-may-be-on-the-dole-for-russian-monies-via-us-companies/amp/
ICYMI 2010 Icon won't comment on Weinstein-Blavatnik reportsThe deal between Blavatnik and Harvey Weinstein’s TWC is said to call for the creation of a credit facility that would be used to fund a number of $5m-$20m films over a period of several years. https://www.screendaily.com/icon-wont-comment-on-weinstein-blavatnik-reports/5019277.article
ICYMI 2010 Blavatnik & Till’s Icon to Co-Finance Movies With Weinstein Harvey has nine lives and new deep pockets: Lev Blavatnik will fund movies budgetted up to $20 million with a $100 million rolling credit facility. https://www.thewrap.com/blavatnik-tills-icon-makes-deal-weinstein-21623/amp/
The Weinstein Company’s Doubtful Future: Bankruptcy or Sale http://cassmape.com/the-weinstein-company/
Abuse Victims Might Be Battling Banks on Weinstein Co. Payouts https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/weinstein-co-abuse-victims-payouts-bankruptcy-1202736908/amp/
04/24/18 Weinstein Co. executives cashed in ahead of bankruptcy filing, records showAdditionally, Weinstein Co. paid nearly $2 million to service a debt Weinstein personally guaranteed, which was owed to a company controlled by billionaire Len Blavatnik. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/weinstein-co-executives-cashed-in-ahead-of-bankruptcy-filing-records-show-2018-04-24
Police recommended indicting Netanyahu over accepting nearly $300,000 in gifts from Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan and Australian billionaire James Packer. https://apnews.com/af91f7095bb44745aff139001a9ef725