Does anyone else feel a bit disappointed that the ISC report mentioned "9 Russians" but did not name them?
Actually you can find out quite a lot with a bit of googling...
This might not be "the 9", but I bet there is some crossover....
@fascinatorfun @BenPBradshaw @peterjukes
1. Lubov Chernukhin, wife of Vladimir, one-time Putin crony & head of Sberbank, who has been charged with multimillion dollar fraud.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…
2. Sergei Romashov, who is linked to Putin. His frontman at Rise Capital is Gerardo Lopez, who donated 400K to the Tories 2 months before the ref. theguardian.com/politics/2016/…
3. Alexander Temerko. London based Russian Oligarch who once boasted of "owning" 37 Tory MPs.
desmog.co.uk/alexander-teme…
4. Lev Mikheev, Russian Investment Banker and Hedge Fund Manager.
buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/ro…
5. Alexander Machkevitch ( Kazakh Billionaire with history of bribary accusations and sex scandal ) /Anna Machkevitch /Nadezda Rodicheva / Mohamed Amersi
All connected through company directorships.
standard.co.uk/business/sfo-i… theredroar.com/2019/06/hunt-p…
6. Dmytro Firtash. Jesus, where do I start?
Ukrainian Billionaire, indicted for extradition to US, linked to Russian mafia boss-of-bosses, Mogilevich, employed Dom Cummings brother in law to run UK Firtash foundation, employed new centrury media for PR
gangsterismout.com/p/dmytro-firta…
6-continued. Richard Cook linked to Ukrainian organised crime, maybe Firtash?, maybe Mogelivich?, certainly the 435K of Vote Leave "dark money" that was routed through the DUP to avoid disclosure. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…
7. Len Blavatnik - US based Russian Billionaire with links to Russian official - knighted by Theresa May for no discernible reason. qz.com/1521847/major-…
8. Evgeny Lebedev - oligarch media who may have Kompromat on Boris Johnson. Son of senior KGB man.
theguardian.com/media/2019/nov…
9. Alexander Knaster Former CEO of Alfa bank who has contributed more than £455K to the Tories
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…
10. Mikhail Fridman - Ukrainian oligarch who has been accused of: fraud, corruption, murder, money laundering.
But, worse than that, he also contributed more than £400K to the Tories. wikileaks.org/gifiles/attach…
11. Sergei Nalobin - son of senior FSB officer and known to be close to Boris Johnson and senior Tories. Helped Matthew Elliot set up the Conservative Friends of Russia. Expelled after the Skripal affair.
thesun.co.uk/news/5813975/n…
12. Andrey Borodin - Russian financier accused of £220M fraud - Boris Johnson dinner companion and ilegal Tory donor.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/tories…
13. Oleg Deripraska. Alleged money-launderer for Putin, subject of US sanctions, linked to prominent Tories Feldman, Osborne and Rotshchild
riskscreen.com/kyc360/news/of…
14. Vasily Shestakov. Putin's Judo Partner and oldest friend. Another client of New Century Media.
theguardian.com/politics/ng-in…
15. Andrey Guryev, owner of London's 2nd largest house (after Buck. Pal). Fertilizer billionaire close to Putin and Temerko, named in US sanctions list.
Tx @fascinatorfun for the tip.
16. Viktor Mikhailovitch Fedotov riskscreen.com/kyc360/news/ru…
Secretive UK-based Russian billionaire, linked to Lukoil. Ultimate owner of Aquind, he was given anonymity by Companies House for no obvious reason.
17. George Piskov, Russian banker, chairman of the board of directors of Uniastrum Bank and of Protobase Laboratories - a money transfer company
£17,378, including a £10,000 donation direct to party headquarters in 2012.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
18. Suleiman Kerimov funnelled $8m to Chernukhin the eve of the Brexit vote theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
Russian Billionaire with links to Putin, sanctioned in 2018 by US treasury. Standard Oligarch CV: Sberbank, Gazprom, Uralkali, indictments for tax evasion, money laundering etc
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