Talk:Len Blavatnik

message: I've protected the article for 3 days to prevent further edit warring; please try to work out the issue here or on another relevant talk page. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 14:34, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dispute 

message: his real name is Leonard or Leonid?? -- Retro917 (talk) 07:26, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  what is the real name of Len? Leonard or Leonid? 

message: Can we get a picture?--Iady391 (talk) 17:28, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Heavily contributed to numerous candidates.  Needs expansion in article. Wikipietime (talk) 21:30, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contributions to 2016 GOP candidates 

message: I am writing to request a change to Mr. Blavatnik's introduction from "Jewish-Ukrainian-Russian-British-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist" to “industrialist and philanthropist holding U.S. and U.K. citizenship.” According to https://www.accessindustries.com/about/len-blavatnik/, he only holds citizenship in the U.S. and U.K.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jphk97 (talk • contribs) 21:08, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Once you find a reliable source (a statement on his company's website is probably not sufficient), you may make the change yourself. If you have a connection with Mr. Blavatnik or if there's some other reason you have a conflict of interest, you can use the  template rather than the untargeted  tag. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 00:38, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citizenship 

message: I am following up on the request to change Mr. Blavatnik's introduction to the correct citizenship information. He only holds U.S. and U.K. citizenship at this time. Please see his biography: https://www.accessindustries.com/about/len-blavatnik/.
Hkjm (talk) 17:29, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citizenship (following up) 

message: I am reaching out to request updates on factually incorrect descriptors of Len Blavatnik on his on Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Blavatnik>. 
1.	Request factual correction under political donations
    Under the political donations category, it includes a passage that says, without any sourcing or attribution: “Blavatnik, who is closely associated with Vladimir Putin, is one of the largest donors…” That is factually inaccurate. That erroneous clause – who is closely associated with Vladimir Putin – should be excised. It is not supported by any evidence, reporting or independent documentation in the Wiki writeup. I’m also including for your review the independent and timely reporting by the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/c1889f48-871a-11e9-a028-86cea8523dc2 that makes clear Mr. Blavatnik is NOT associated with Putin. Among other findings by the Financial Times in the extensive and well-researched profile, it reported that:
* Perhaps most importantly, unlike his peers who made similar fortunes from the former USSR’s vast natural resources, Blavatnik steered clear of the Kremlin, leaving it to his partners to handle the political ties required of big Russian businesses. 
* Of the dozens of Blavatnik’s business partners, friends, employees, and former associates that the FT spoke to for this article, almost all point to his … positioning himself as an outsider in Russia and a local in the west. 
* While his partners embraced their new prominence as Russian billionaires, Blavatnik moved in another direction…. Blavatnik also diversified his business away from Russia. 
* Blavatnik’s representatives say he has not met the Russian president since 2000. Kremlin officials tell the FT that he was never a regular visitor.
* From Alexei Navalny, an opposition leader and fierce critic of Putin’s oligarchic entourage: “As far as Russia and I are concerned, he’s [Blavatnik’s] not a political oligarch. He isn’t buying newspapers here, he isn’t intimidating journalists, he basically isn’t involved with Putin at all.”
This overwhelming reporting by the highly respected Financial Times shows that the current unsupported and disputatious clause should be removed. As such, it should say instead: "Blavatnik is one of the largest donors…,” as the footnotes back up the listed campaign contributions.
2.	Request factual correction under Entertainment  
    In the Entertainment section it says: “In April 2018, it was reported that Blavatnik was a front runner in the bidding to purchase Britain's third oldest theatre, the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Sources report that the bid was around £40 million.” The purchase of the Theatre Royal Haymarket was successfully completed by Access Entertainment in 2018. This reporting in June 2018 from Forbes  https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2018/06/19/len-blavatnik-takes-over-west-end-theater-in-record-breaking-deal/?sh=26d59f557176  and the Guardian  https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jun/19/sir-leonard-blavatnik-buys-one-of-londons-oldest-theatres  show that Mr. Blavatnik’s Access Entertainment finalized its purchase of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. We request the information be updated to read “Mr. Blavatnik’s Access Entertainment finalized its purchase of the Theatre Royal Haymarket in June 2018.”
3.	Request factual correction under Petrochemicals and Oil
    The section states:  “Blavatnik also has interests in UC Rusal, the world's largest aluminum producer, where he sits on the board.[13]” Mr. Blavatnik does not hold a Board position at Rusal. He resigned from the Rusal Board in November 2016. You can verify the individual Board of Directors on the Rusal website https://rusal.ru/en/about/corp-management/#sovet-direktorov and the 2020 Rusal Annual Report  https://rusal.ru/upload/iblock/de7/de79b7ab5e55274dd7b3e8f78192d5fa.pdf , which clearly reflects that Mr. Blavatnik is no longer part of the Board. The footnote cited, Reference 13  https://www.marketwatch.com/story/warner-music-to-be-sold-in-33-billion-cash-deal-2011-05-06 , makes no mention of Rusal, rather it relates to Access Industries purchase of Warner Music Group. We request that the inaccurate statement that he is a Board member be removed and the sentence be corrected to read: “Blavatnik also has interests in UC Rusal, the world's largest aluminum producer”.
AccessIndustriesInc (talk) 20:03, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Partly done:  The first passage was altered to reflect the sources, i.e. his close association with Russian oligarchs, not Putin himself. Second and third requests were implemented with alterations. PK650 (talk) 22:37, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  {{edit COI|P}}  

message: Request correction to introductory paragraph from "Len Blavatnik is a Ukrainian businessman and investor who later in life became a naturalized citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom. He made his fortune after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the tumultuous privatization of state-owned aluminum and oil assets." to "Len Blavatnik is a Ukrainian-born businessman, investor, and philanthropist who became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1984 and the United Kingdom in 2010.  He made his fortune after the collapse of the Soviet Union and through investments in Warner Music Group and LyondellBasell." https://www.accessindustries.com/about/
AccessIndustriesInc (talk) 18:00, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The current text is properly sourced. The proposed text is not. Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 20:41, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:   Change to introductory paragraph 

message: I received today a scam email in his name that directly links to this article for reference. Is it possible to add a warning on top, so less internet-literate people don't fall for it? 141.84.250.1 (talk) 10:01, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scam 

message: Hi, I work for Access Industries and plan to propose updates to this article and related articles. I'm looking forward to working constructively with the other editors here. As I also explained in my edit summary, since Len Blavatnik is no longer the chairman of Access Industries, as can be seen from the Leadership page of the company's website, I removed that statement from the article as a straightforward, uncontroversial edit. Happy to discuss here if anyone has questions about this. Thanks! C at Access (talk) 13:41, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  No longer chairman of Access Industries