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"One year ago Leviev was asked by Abramovich why he doesn't invest in Israeli soccer. Leviev said that he will start to invest in soccer when the matches no longer take place on Shabbat and when Abramovich makes a donation towards Jewish activities abroad," Rabina said Monday night.
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Leviev's latest obsession is pricey real estate. Africa Israel has purchased more than $1 billion worth of high-profile buildings in Manhattan this year and is building a casino hotel and shopping mall in Las Vegas.
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�Moscow industry sources believe that Alrosa views Gertler as a potential rival to Leviev in Israel, as well as worldwide. "Leviev has positioned himself in Russia," said a source close to the Alrosa supervisory board, �as the main spokesman of the interests of Israeli business. Simultaneously, in Israel he promotes his ostensible connections to the Kremlin. Separately, he is trying to make himself an intermediary, not only in bilateral business, but ... in bilateral politics. However, the Kremlin does not require intermediaries, and in Moscow Leviev�s activities appear excessive, and are causing irritation."
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A spokeswoman for Leviev, Israel's richest man, confirmed the purchase and said he would be moving to London shortly. He is expected to move with his wife and two of his nine children.
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More recently, lawyers in Israel have filed petitions trying to block Leviev from building and operating that country's first private prison. Leviev's opponents say the power to jail, punish and rehabilitate prisoners should not be left up to business tycoons.
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