Arkady Gaidamak: Russian Jewish money is the most honest, the most dynamic money in the world

From Reuters:

Russian-born businessman Arkady Gaidamak said on Sunday that he taken total ownership of Israeli Premier League club Betar Jerusalem in a move likened in the Jewish state to that of Roman Abramovich at Chelsea.

Gaidamak, who last week bought a 55 per cent stake in Betar, did not reveal how much he spent to increase his holding to 100 per cent when speaking at a news conference to make the announcement alongside Finance Minister Ehud Olmert.

Gaidamak was largely unknown to Israeli football fans before Sunday. He broke onto the Israeli sports scene last month when he took a controlling stake in Hapoel Jerusalem basketball club.

Abramovich has poured a fortune into Chelsea, a move which paid off last season when they won the Premier League title for the first time in 50 years.

Gaidamak said he was surprised by the relatively small amount he needed to invest in Betar, a distant fourth last season, and felt confident his money could make a great difference to the faltering club.

"(My outlay) is some dozens of millions of shekels and I think that for this amount I can be very useful ... I will meet those responsible for the team and the coach to see what they need from me," Gaidamak told Israel's Channel 5.[link]

Gaidamak denied to Channel 5 any involvement in an investigation in Israel into alleged money-laundering scams.

"I would like to say now, in front of the camera ... I was never interrogated by the police (in the money-laundering investigation) ... Russian Jewish money is the most honest, the most dynamic money in the world," he said.link]

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