article_snippet: they almost dropped into the third tier of French football and faced extinction before Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev came to the rescue and got they moving in the right direction once again.
article_snippet: The first leg result against Arsenal was confirmation that the Rybolovlev project is still on track, having survived a change of direction and an exodus of top players like James Rodriguez and Radamel Falcao last summer.
article_snippet: Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev rescued the club from almost dropping into the French Third Division .