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18 months after receiving the Russia Report, the government still hasn’t implemented any of its recommendations
In that time, the Tories have taken more than £1m in donations from Russia-linked sources
The report called for action to clean up dirty money & protect our democracy
In that time, the Tories have taken more than £1m in donations from Russia-linked sources
The report called for action to clean up dirty money & protect our democracy
Alexander Temerko has given more than £700K to the Conservative Party.
He ‘forged a career at the top of the Russian arms industry and had connections at the highest levels of the Kremlin’ and spoke of how he would ‘plot’ with his friend Boris Johnson: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/britain-eu-johnson-russian/
He ‘forged a career at the top of the Russian arms industry and had connections at the highest levels of the Kremlin’ and spoke of how he would ‘plot’ with his friend Boris Johnson: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/britain-eu-johnson-russian/
Temerko’s company Aquind has donated more than £470,000.
Former Business Secretary Alok Sharma dined with executives from the company whose energy project he was due to approve, before eventually recusing himself. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-energy-secretary-dined-donors-22349093
Former Business Secretary Alok Sharma dined with executives from the company whose energy project he was due to approve, before eventually recusing himself. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-energy-secretary-dined-donors-22349093
Then Business Minister Kwasi Kwarteng was lobbied by Temerko and subsequently expressed strong support for the £1.2bn project. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kwasi-kwarteng-voiced-support-for-channel-power-link-after-tory-donors-lobbying-rfn5hldqm
Tory MP David Morris received £10,000 from Aquind in 2019 before asking a question in Parliament about regulatory issues that would benefit the company. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/david-morris-asked-commons-question-after-getting-10-000-donation-tkdxgx0f7
Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis and Foreign Office Minister Nigel Adams are among several Tory MPs that received repeated cash donations from Temerko in the past, according to the Electoral Commission.
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Lubov Chernukhin, wife of Putin’s former deputy finance minister, has given more than £2m to the Tories.
She paid £30k to have dinner with Gavin Williamson, £160k to play tennis with Boris Johnson and £135k to have dinner with Theresa May and Liz Truss. https://www.cityam.com/tories-enraged-after-liz-truss-gaffe-lifts-lid-130000/
She paid £30k to have dinner with Gavin Williamson, £160k to play tennis with Boris Johnson and £135k to have dinner with Theresa May and Liz Truss. https://www.cityam.com/tories-enraged-after-liz-truss-gaffe-lifts-lid-130000/
In 2014, David Cameron was urged to return donations from Chernukhin, but didn’t.
Chernukhin has remained a major Tory donor and last year gave £400,000 to the Conservative Party. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2702075/Hand-roubles-Dave-Clamour-grows-Tory-Party-return-huge-donations-given-oligarchs-Putin-cronies.html
Chernukhin has remained a major Tory donor and last year gave £400,000 to the Conservative Party. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2702075/Hand-roubles-Dave-Clamour-grows-Tory-Party-return-huge-donations-given-oligarchs-Putin-cronies.html
The leaked FinCEN files reveal Chernukhin’s husband received £8m from Putin ally Suleyman Kerimov. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54228079
Lord Barker, David Cameron’s Minister for Energy until 2014, is paid millions by a Russian energy company linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a friend of Vladimir Putin. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/19/tory-peer-paid-6m-russian-energy-company-linked-billionaire/
Meanwhile, the UK is still a haven for dirty money.
The head of the National Economic Crime Centre says up to half of the money laundered out of Russia goes through the UK.
He says current efforts to prosecute those responsible are “not good enough”. https://www.cityam.com/top-official-warns-of-disturbing-amount-of-russian-money-laundering-in-uk/
The head of the National Economic Crime Centre says up to half of the money laundered out of Russia goes through the UK.
He says current efforts to prosecute those responsible are “not good enough”. https://www.cityam.com/top-official-warns-of-disturbing-amount-of-russian-money-laundering-in-uk/
Yesterday I told the Foreign Secretary the government should stop dragging its feet and commit to implementing the Russia Report’s recommendations.
