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There is a new growing media baron in Ukraine who almost unnoticeably to the wider public buys up mass media one after another.

Octobank is an Uzbek bank which name has recently surfaced in a number of scandals related to the withdrawal of Russian capital from sanctions.

Although the owner of the Uzbek Octobank is formally listed as the bank’s chairman of the board, Iskandar Tursunov, who owns 99.16% of the shares, in fact, the beneficiaries of Octobank are the family of the country’s current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

As a number of Telegram channels recently reported, the Uzbek Octobank is used to withdraw and legalize money from Russia.

Behind the head of the National Agency for Prospective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP) Dmitriy Lee stands Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.

Anton Cherepennikov was head of the country's largest IT company, ICS Holding, which was used by Russia's Federal Security Service for surveillance of citizens' online activities

Defeat at fellow strugglers West Ham on Saturday could mean the sack for Frank Lampard but fans' anger is being directed elsewhere with warning that relegation would have a catastrophic impact with club on an unsound financial footing and questions around new £700m stadium

Arsenal's rapid improvement, which has left them in the driving seat of the Premier League title race, has left some of their top-flight rivals scratching their heads