Thread by @docrussjackson

Britain's top schools are awash with oligarch's dirty money.

In 2016, while UK Ministers including then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson waited hours for an audience with Putin, 11 Eton schoolboys who flew to Moscow were met by Putin in the Kremlin.

theguardian.com/world/2016/aug…

Eton said it was a private visit organised independently of the college. It's possible that one of the boys or intermediaries involved in setting it up was the son of one of Putin’s inner circle, who despite loud displays of patriotism are fond of schooling their children abroad.

In the 2012-13 school year, the fee income from international students at the UK's top schools was about £685 million - and the number of pupils from Russia increased by 27.4%, to 2,150, the third-quickest rate among non-British students.

cnbc.com/2014/04/03/for…

For years, Britain's private schools have welcomed Oligarch's children, & some @Conservatives MPs, including Nickie Aiken, have now called for Russian pupils to "be sent home to Russia and not allowed to benefit from an education in this country."

businessinsider.com/uk-mps-want-ru…