Media mogul Robert Maxwell asked Thatcher govt for $20bn to save Soviet Union

A Labour MP and media mogul, the late Robert Maxwell, attempted to secure a $20 billion loan from the British government to prop up the collapsing USSR, documents show.

A letter released by prime minister of the day Margaret Thatcher's private secretary, Charles Powell, revealed that Maxwell claimed to be acting on behalf of Mikhail Gorbachev's closest advisers when he visited the 'Iron Lady' at 10 Downing Street in March 1990.

In that meeting, the owner of Daily Mirror allegedly asked Thatcher to provide a massive state loan to the Soviet government to ensure that perestroika reforms would continue.

"It was quite clear that perestroika was in far worse trouble than even we had imagined," Powell's letter read.

"The most urgent need was for short and medium-term credit of up to US $20 billion for the purchase of food, consumer goods, equipment and supplies.

"Without this, there was no way that Mr. Gorbachev could get through."

In return, Maxwell said, the USSR was willing to supply coal, chemicals and fertilizers as well as the wide-bodied jets to the UK.

Maxwell also discussed the sale of the Soviet civilian aircraft with Lord King of Wartnaby, the head of British Airways and a Tory peer.

Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley, however, rejected the offer, as revealed by his personal secretary Martin Stanley.

"Neither we nor the FCO [Foreign & Commonwealth Office] have evidence to suggest the USSR is desperately short of food or that it lacks the wherewithal to pay for it if it becomes so.

"Mr. Maxwell mentions sales of chemicals, fertilizers and coal, but the USSR also has reserves of gold, platinum and diamonds."

Robert Maxwell, who was born in Czechoslovakia and fought in the British Army during the Second World War, was linked to both the UK's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Mossad, the Israeli intelligence.

https://www.sott.net/article/356902-Media-mogul-Robert-Maxwell-asked-Thatcher-govt-for-20bn-to-save-Soviet-Union

CNBC Talking Head And Tesla Mega-Bull, Ross Gerber Received PPP Loan Days After He Called Program "Another Trump Scam"

As we pointed out on Twitter earlier today, Tesla's favorite uber-bull and useful FinTwit punching bag Ross Gerber's firm, the Santa Monica-based Gerber Kawasaki (not to be confused with a motorbike dealer, although perhaps it would hope to be) Wealth Management, was approved for a PPP loan on May 3, 2020.

The disclosure comes as part of a broader disclosure of firms who took PPP loans and confirms that Gerber's firm took a loan ranging from $350,000 to $1 million through Wells Fargo Bank. While PPP loans were given out in exchange for "retaining jobs", in the case of Gerber Kawasaki that particular number is unknown as the excel cell is empty.

The irony, of course, comes from the fact that on April 27, 2020, just 6 short days before his firm's loan was approved, Gerber virtue signalled to the #resistance by tweeting that "this whole PPP thing looks like a scam. Another big Trump scam".

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/cnbc-talking-head-and-tesla-mega-bull-ross-gerber-received-ppp-loan-days-after-he-called

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Robert De Niro’s Nobu Restaurants and Hotels Took 14 PPP Loans Worth $28 Million

Nobu, the posh, high-end restaurant and hotel chain — backed by left-wing actor and raging Trump-basher Robert De Niro — took more than a dozen loans from the Trump administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

In DeNiro’s eyes, President Trump is a “mean-spirited, soulless, amoral, abusive con-artist son of a bitch.” But that didn’t stop one of the actor’s prime investments from using the Trump administration’s loan program for cash, a loan program meant to help keep small business wrecked by the Chinese coronavirus financially afloat.

De Niro-backed Nobu restaurants took more than a dozen PPP loans https://t.co/pSYIdPeFUr

— CNBC (@CNBC) July 6, 2020

The Nobu chain of luxury restaurants and hotels took 14 loans from the U.S. small business relief program for as much as $28 million, which went toward properties across the country, from California, to Texas, to New York, according to a report by CNBC. Nobuyuki “Nobu” Matsuhisa — the celebrity chef and owner of the restaurant chain — has a net worth of $200 million. Meanwhile, Robert De Niro — who co-founded it — is worth an estimated $500 million.

Restaurants were among the biggest recipients of PPP loans, which were part of the government’s response to financial difficulties that businesses faced during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. The report added that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said that the program was not meant to go toward companies that could reasonably tap other forms of capital during the pandemic.

The luxury restaurant chain was founded by De Niro, Matsuhisa, and film producer Meir Teper, who combined are estimated to have a net worth of roughly $700 million.

The Nobu group appears to have garnered at least $11 million and as much as $28 million from PPP loans, making it one of the bigger beneficiaries of the program. And the luxury group is not the only well-funded chain to have received government bailouts.

P.F. Chang’s, Five Guys hamburgers. and Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ‘n Biscuits have also received multimillion-dollar loans. Cafe business Bluestone Lane was also given a loan worth between $5 million and $10 million.

The report added that franchisees of both McDonald’s and Wendy’s also appeared on the list and in some cases received loans of more than $150,000.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/07/06/robert-de-niro-nobu-restaurants-and-hotels-took-14-ppp-loans-worth-28-million/

China’s Yunnan Province to Collaborate with Israeli IT Company on Blockchain Infrastructure

Yunnan Province governmental holding group YIG and Israeli IT company Aman Group will jointly develop a blockchain infrastructure for the Chinese market, focusing on maritime shipping and health applications

China’s Yunnan Province governmental holding group Yunnan Investment Holdings Group Company Ltd. (YIG) and Israeli IT company Aman Group announced Thursday they entered a joint venture to develop blockchain infrastructure for the Chinese market. YIG and Aman announced the venture at the Tel Aviv China (Yunnan) – Israel Innovation Cooperation Forum, held in Tel Aviv and attended by Yunnan province officials and the Chinese ambassador to Israel on Thursday/

In an interview with Calcalist held Thursday, Aman Group CEO Ben Pasternak said the joint venture will focus primarily on blockchain applications pertaining to maritime shipping and logistics, and digital health. A company, Logchain China Ltd., has been operating as a subsidiary of Aman for over three months, Pasternak said. The joint company is hiring in Israel and China, with the goal of employing a team of 60 people by mid-2019, Pasternak said.

Based in Central Israel, Aman Group employs around 2,000 people through seven subsidiaries. The company is active in fields including cybersecurity, blockchain, fintech, and data management.

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3748934,00.html

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Top Biden Donors Bailed Out by Trump’s Coronavirus Relief Program

While Joe Biden has been criticizing President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, some of the presumptive Democrat nominee’s top donors have been bailed out by the administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Funding disbursement data for the program unveiled on Monday by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin indicates that a number of individuals who have bankrolled Biden’s campaign have also benefited from PPP loans in recent months.

One of the biggest recipients has been a Delaware-based real estate developer, the Buccini/Pollin Group (BPG). The firm develops and operates commercial and residential properties, including more than 40 hotels nationwide. It has been a large contributor not only to Biden’s official campaign, but also to a super PAC formed to aid his White House ambitions.

Federal Election Commission records denote that one of the companies in BPG’s portfolio of subsidiaries, BPG Real Estate Services, LLC., donated $100,000 to Unite the Country, a pro-Biden super PAC, on December 30, 2019. The contribution came on the same day that BPG’s three principal partners, Robert and Christoper Buccini and David Pollen, each donated around $33,333 to the PAC. At the time of the donations, Unite the Country was gearing up to bolster the former vice president’s position in Iowa, ahead of the state’s first in the nation Democrat caucus.

Robert Buccini, as well as another employee of the firm, also donated to Biden’s presidential campaign, with Buccini maxing out to the campaign in two installments of $2,800 each. The last installment came on April 29 of this year, the same month that BPG received its PPP loans.

Like many companies in the real estate and hospitality industries, BPG appears to have been hit particularly hard by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company, through its subsidiaries, has applied and been awarded millions from the PPP fund since the outbreak began.

BPG Real Estate Services, in particular, was given a loan ranging between one and two million dollars from the program on April 3. That same day, another subsidiary, BPG Construction, LLC., was also awarded a loan ranging from one to two million dollars. A further PPP loan for between $350,000 and $1 million was awarded to BPG Office Associates, LLC., on April 8.

The real estate giant was not the only firm with ties to Biden that benefited from the Trump administration’s relief efforts.

https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/07/06/top-biden-donors-bailed-out-by-trumps-coronavirus-relief-program/

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