Vladimir Romanov
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"Vladimir Nikolayevich Romanov"; born 1947 in Tver Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic/Russian SFSR, USSR) is an ethnic Russian businessman who also holds Lithuanian citizenship following that country's independence from the Soviet Union.

He is chairman of UBIG Investments, which owned a majority of the shares in failed Lithuanian bank ?kio Bankas. Cash flow from the bank enabled him to stake significant stakes in various sporting clubs, becoming the majority shareholder in both Scottish Premier League association football/football club Heart of Midlothian F.C./Hearts and LKL/Lithuanian Basketball League club BC Žalgiris/Žalgiris, and taking control of the A Lyga/Lithuanian club FBK Kaunas. The group previously was owner of Belarusian Premier League club FC Partizan Minsk, before it was sold in March 2012.

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I have always said we will pay for quality and professionalism and that does not mean taking the first individual available.

We can win the title.

They have had over one year and not been able to do the things I have wanted to do for Hearts.

Each club I have has the goal of becoming champions.

The red tops tend to blow things out of proportion but they will end up red in the face.

We have an acting manager who is doing a fine job.

If we are going to qualify for Europe then we will have to keep strengthening the squad.

It is a big problem in Scotland.

Talk of Mr Romanov intervening and saying the deal was off is absolute nonsense. It was a club decision as a board.