Russian billionaires Petr Aven and Mikhail Friedman are hoping their Alfa Group can get out of repayment pressure from Deutsche Bank, which provided multibillion-dollar loans to purchase shares in mobile operator VimpelCom.

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"I would call it a collaborative effort, " said Rob Friedman, Lions Gate motion picture group co-chair, referring to Ms. Collins's participation.

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It was co-founded by Patri Friedman, a grandson of Milton Friedman, a Nobel laureate in economics, and until recently executive director of the Seasteading Institute, a group producing research on how to build ocean-based communes.

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