UK orders sale of Russian-backed broadband firm Upp over ‘security risk’
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Regional provider is owned by LetterOne, whose investors include Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven
The UK government has ordered the Russian oligarch-backed investment company LetterOne to sell regional broadband provider Upp, saying its current ownership was a national security risk.
The business secretary, Grant Shapps, said the risk to national security relates to the ownership of Upp ... and Upp's expanding full fibre broadband network".
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