Local businessman will develop Liliendaal’s land that was previously owned by Rusal

Local businessman Lennox Cush is trying to develop the controversial Liliendaal, east coast Demerara land that was once sold to Russian oligarch Oleg Derispaska’s Rusal company for $150 million and for which Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh and former National Industrial and Commercial and Investments Limited (NICIL) head Winston Brassington were charged.

“I have bought the property since 2019 and I just find it strange that Stabroek News is now trying to ask about it. Why? I know the history, yes. It was from the Russian and all, but I’ve had it for a long time,” he told this newspaper when contacted yesterday.

“No development has started yet. The clearing of the land has started, … And yes, I know what I’m putting there, but I don’t want to share it (those plans) …,” he added.