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The Russian Bank and the Em Plus Flotation in London - A Disaster in the Business.

There were problems with the mplas that you had to make an effort to ignore. An im plus subsidiary supplied military material to russia's defense sector, which was then under e u. Sanctions, that may have been used to support asad in syria in 20 15. And there was the russian bank, sanctioned by both the us and eu, that held a stake in em plus. Then there was e m pluss plan to use the proceeds of its flotation to repay a one billion dollar loan to that same bank. M i six had serious concerns about e m plus floating in london. So did us. Security officials and the questions just kept on mounting

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