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QUESTIONS FOR @migueldelaney:
Since Delaney has a habit of ducking questions but accuse the questioner of obfuscation and worse, I have decided to pose a limited 10 questions to him in a single fresh thread which can give him a clear opportunity to respond.
Since Delaney has a habit of ducking questions but accuse the questioner of obfuscation and worse, I have decided to pose a limited 10 questions to him in a single fresh thread which can give him a clear opportunity to respond.
1) In 2010 before buying the loss making The Independent, Alexander Lebedev sold his stake in Russia& #39;s state owned Aeroflot & Ilyushin back to the govt for a combined £750 Mn. Importantly, a few months prior he didn& #39;t have funds to pay salaries in his Russian paper Novaya Gazeta
QUESTION 1: Since they are a source of his funds could it be construed that the purchase The Independent was funded by the Russian Government?
QUESTION 2: Why did such a cash strapped Russian Oligarch buy not one but two highly loss making newspapers within 16 months of each other in the UK? (The Independent & The Evening Standard).
Today most people are aware of the name Mohammed Abuljadayel the employee of the state owned National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia who bought a stake in The Independent and The Evening Standard. Not much is written about Wondrous Investments LLP, owned but the same bank
which also bought a stake in both the newspapers along with Abuljadayel.
QUESTION 3: What is the profile & background (including his other investments) of Mr Abuljadayel? There doesn& #39;t seem to be a picture of him online.
QUESTION 3: What is the profile & background (including his other investments) of Mr Abuljadayel? There doesn& #39;t seem to be a picture of him online.
QUESTION 4: Even if one were to buy the argument that Abuljadayel acted on his own to invest, doesn& #39;t the investment by Wondrous Investments LLP tie the two papers directly to the Saudi Govt? So would Delaney agree that his paper is partly owned by the Saudi Govt?
QUESTION 5: There has been a flurry of articles from Delaney attacking the #NUFCTakeover and they all appeared hours after this article where Turkey banned The Independent from its country. Were Delaney& #39;s articles an attempt to distract from this news?
I& #39;ve asked the 5th question for the 12th time now.
Anyhow the second set of 5 questions are for tomorrow. Hope to give you some time to respond, @MiguelDelaney
Anyhow the second set of 5 questions are for tomorrow. Hope to give you some time to respond, @MiguelDelaney
