Thought I'd point out something seemingly relevant to the Usmanov rumours. It appears Bill courted Moshiri for 18 months and the question is why wouldn't the Russian buy in during this period if he was really interested in EFC?
What maybe forgotten is that Moshiri himself needed a final push to commit. The Americans were clear favourites, at one stage, having been granted a period of exclusivity. I speculate that Bill was using them to leverage Moshiri to finally commit to the planned investment.
I wouldn't, therefore, take the fact that Uzmanov didn't come in during this period of courtship as compelling evidence that he 's not planning to come in at some point in future.