Lev Avnerovich Leviev

Officials in Kinshasa are examining Katumbi's connections to Zambian-Senegalese businessman Abdoulaye Ndiaye, a prominent figure in Zambia's gem-mining sector who is a joint venture partner of Israeli-Russian oligarch Lev Leviev, a bitter business rival of Kabila's best billionaire friend, the controversial Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler...

Omega was part owned by Russian-Israeli billionaire Arkady Gaydamak and diamond dealer Lev Leviev...

The Russian and Angolan companies could take over the Sociedade Mineira do Luminas, which is majority-owned by Israeli diamond magnate Lev Leviev and which has had problems with artisanal miners on its licence area...

Russian-Israeli billionaire Arkady Gaydamak failed to convince the London High Court he had a case against diamond-dealer Lev Leviev in mid-June (AC Vol 53 No 14, Rocks and hard men)...

Lev Leviev's interests in neighbouring Namibia could suffer as a result of the British High Court proceedings in June, especially from the judge's critical remarks about his credibility as a witness and from revelations about the manipulation of Angolan diamond-marketing...

Leviev holds majority stakes in a large Windhoek diamond-cutting and polishing factory, Lev Leviev Diamonds Namibia (LLDN), and in an offshore diamond mining company, Sakawe Mining Corporation (Samicor, AC Vol 49 No 1, Lev Leviev lands in London)...

Arkady Gaydamak and Lev Leviev fought over millions of dollars in Angolan diamond sales...

Uzbekistan-born Israeli diamond magnate Lev Leviev, who has major interests in Angola and Namibia, is pitted against his former ally, Russian-Israeli oligarch Arkady Gaydamak (AC Vol 42 No 11, Lev Leviev takes on De Beers)...

His diamond cutting and polishing plant in Windhoek, Lev Leviev Diamonds, has struggled to operate at full capacity...

The mine is run by employees of Israeli diamond magnate Lev Leviev’s Namibian operation, Samicor...

Indeed, China Sonangol’s ruthless business style in Africa is reminscent of some of South Africa’s mining conglomerates, so perhaps it was logical that it would form an alliance with one of the toughest operators in Africa’s diamond business, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev...

/Grupo Lev Leviev (18%)...

Thiam’s close associates claim he has tacit support from the United States State Department, despite concerns raised by US congressmen in 2008 when China Sonangol bought the JP Morgan building in New York from Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev...