With the Czech billionaire on the verge of a £3.6bn takeover, the Guardian looks at his dealings in Russia and elsewhere
On a cool June day in 2016, as Britain reeled from the outcome of the Brexit vote, a private jet soared into the skies from RAF Northolt, charting a course for Moscow.
Onboard the 37-seater Embraer ERJ was the billionaire Daniel Křetínský, nicknamed the “Czech Sphinx” because of his low public-profile and inscrutable approach to commercial negotiations.
