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  • Telecom Mogul's Lofty Dreams Plummet

    03/27/2005 2:15:46 PM PST · by anymouse · 2 replies · 347+ views
    Washington Post ^ | March 26, 2005 | Michael E. Ruane and Manny Fernandez
    The "mysterious Mr. Zzylch" boarded the posh Gulfstream executive jet for his Russian business trip accompanied by a few friends, a pizza somebody grabbed along the way and the board game Risk, just for laughs. Zzylch, as millionaire Washington telecom mogul Walter C. Anderson once jokingly called himself, was in negotiations with Russian officials to lease their moribund orbiting spacecraft, Mir. They needed money. He had plenty.