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slater71

(1,153 posts) Thu Jun 9, 2022, 04:44 PM Jun 2022

If the SEC allows this to go through, they should be fired on the spot.

Musk wants to finance his buying of Twitter through a Russian billionaire. We are taking away their yachts and airplanes and Musk wants to make himself and the Russians richer. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/musk-twitter-bid-leans-financier-005421082.html

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If the SEC allows this to go through, they should be fired on the spot. (Original Post) slater71 Jun 2022 OP

WTF? Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #1

Hell NO! sheshe2 Jun 2022 #2

Musk is utterly devoid of soul. Karadeniz Jun 2022 #3

Did you actually read that article? What "Russian billionaire" is financing the deal? n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2022 #4

Mr Richest doesn't seem very liquid blogslug Jun 2022 #5

That's why they don't pay taxes. They have very little liquid. jimfields33 Jun 2022 #8

Shhh. Let him use Russian money to buy Twitter, then seize the asset like a yacht ZonkerHarris Jun 2022 #6

What Russian billionaire? Disaffected Jun 2022 #7

Some people see Russians everywhere these days. I wonder if they check under their bed PoliticAverse Jun 2022 #9

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

1. WTF?

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Thu Jun 9, 2022, 04:47 PM

Jun 2022

sheshe2

(83,718 posts)

2. Hell NO!

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Thu Jun 9, 2022, 04:50 PM

Jun 2022

Just what we need Twitter to become, the mouthpiece for Russia and their tools here in the US. Looking at you Musk, trump and the GOP.

Karadeniz

(22,492 posts)

3. Musk is utterly devoid of soul.

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Thu Jun 9, 2022, 04:57 PM

Jun 2022

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

4. Did you actually read that article? What "Russian billionaire" is financing the deal? n/t

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Thu Jun 9, 2022, 04:59 PM

Jun 2022

blogslug

(37,997 posts)

5. Mr Richest doesn't seem very liquid

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Thu Jun 9, 2022, 05:02 PM

Jun 2022

I thought he had all the moneys? Why does he need all these backers?

jimfields33

(15,763 posts)

8. That's why they don't pay taxes. They have very little liquid.

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Thu Jun 9, 2022, 05:32 PM

Jun 2022

ZonkerHarris

(24,218 posts)

6. Shhh. Let him use Russian money to buy Twitter, then seize the asset like a yacht

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Thu Jun 9, 2022, 05:04 PM

Jun 2022

Disaffected

(4,554 posts)

7. What Russian billionaire?

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Thu Jun 9, 2022, 05:24 PM

Jun 2022

The article talks about someone based in Dubai. Is he a Russian?

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

9. Some people see Russians everywhere these days. I wonder if they check under their bed

Reply to Disaffected (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 9, 2022, 05:45 PM

Jun 2022

every night just in case.

The main person mentioned in the article Alexander Tamas is a german national who the article mentions "worked closely with Russian-Israeli billionaire Yuri Milner" in the past. Milner is a russian-born jew who is now an Israeli citizen and lives in Israel and who the article doesn't indicate has any involvement in the financing for the Twitter deal.

Also from Yuri Milner's wikipedia page:

In April 2022 the foundation established by Yuri and Julia Milner pledged $100 million to Tech for Refugees, a philanthropic initiative launched with Airbnb.org, Flexport.org and Spotify. The initiative is focused on using technology to help refugees from Ukraine to find provisions, shelter and comfort, and it plans to expand the program to address other refugee crises around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Milner

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