OK. Let's start a thread listing all the senior British politicians who are reported* to be in business with Russian oligarchs. Feel free to add links. I'll start...
@lukeharding1968 @peterjukes @carolecadwalla @tomburgis @WendySiegelman @DrJBPhillips
*legal disclaimer...
Michael Howard is chair of Soma Oil and Gas, owned by Russian billionaire Alexander Djaparidze.
wsj.com/articles/repor…
Lord Asquith (once MI6 station commander in Moscow who drove Gordievsky over the border) is now company director of the Ukrainian corporation owned by Dmytro Firtash
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_A…
Jacob Rees-Mogg's firm has a 60m GBP stake in Sberbank. I'm sure others can add more color to this story...
theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
Lord Lebedev... well, OK, enough said...
Lord Barker and Lord Browne quit the Lords, but didn't give up their influence in the British establishment
thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-b…
Anyone want to unpack Peter Mandelson's business links (touched on here in the paper owned by former-KGB Alexander Lebedev and his son, Lord Lebedev)?
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Very helpful overview by @lukeharding1968
theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/j…
Lord Skidelsky (supporter of Jeremy Corbyn)" who is non-executive director of the Russian oil refining company Russneft. Until June 2017 he was also a non-executive director of Rusnano Capital, a subsidiary of a Russian state investment vehicle." thetimes.co.uk/article/new-co…
Just to show that the entire political spectrum is implicated in the UK - Lord Owen goes way back with Usmanov: thetimes.co.uk/article/owen-p…
Indispensable sub-thread:
Another essential sub-thread:
More Labour links (this is a bipartisan issue in the UK)
"One Westminster figure openly enthusiastic about Russia’s takeover of Crimea is Lord Truscott, a former Labour peer who nominated Mr Putin for the Nobel Peace Prize last year because of his actions over Syria."
And we'd forgotten to mention Labour peer Lord Myners who is on the board of OJSC MegaFon, a London-listed company that is one of the three largest mobile operators in Russia
Of course we mustn't forget all the British politicians who've boosted their popularity with paid appearances on RT (Russian propaganda channel broadcast in the UK) including Nigel Farage, George Galloway, and Jeremy Corbyn. thetimes.co.uk/article/moscow…
Former Ulster Unionist MP David Burnside set up a lobbying firm called New Century Media which represnets Firtash and other Russian oligarchs. Maybe someone can fill in details?
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