Kremlin-linked oligarchs in London

Brendan May ??
@bmay
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Lebedev needs to not own any British newspapers, or sit in our legislature. GB News needs to be taken off the air, or its Russian finance frozen.

If you want to assert your previous ??‘sovereignty’, start there.

It gets murkier

“The Telegraph Newspaper is estimated "to have recieved many millions" from the Russian State News Agency - RIA Novosti - to run Russia reports from 2007 onwards.

During this time Telegraph's reporting on Putin softened - while the paper became increasingly anti Europe.”

Vast quantities of information coming to light as a result of The Times investigation of Lebedev - erstwhile admirer of Putin, and great friend of Johnson.

Johnson has undoubtedly allowed his personal pursuit of his own advancement override any intellectual judgement of Lebedev’s suitability and risk to U.K. security.

In my view is outrageous that Lebedev continues as a Lord, whilst the originator if his wealth kills and maimes innocent children and women.

This letter is from Starmer

I love the fact that the only safe harbour that Abramovich can take one of his super yachts is Macedonia.
At least he will be well protected there: the country is full of Chinese. It’s hardly Monaco ? At least is wasn't when we last traveled through there.

Brendan May ??
@bmay
If you ever want to know what current propaganda the Kremlin is putting out, just tune into GB News.

Any comments on this Urmstongran? You were always bigging it up. I know you were possible the only viewer though.

Blimey!

Thank you volver

And the CIA

Which one of the four owners of All Perspectives Ltd who own GB. News is an alleged Russian Spy ?

That would be Chandler.

Legatum is known for its funding of the influential think-tank the Legatum Institute, which launched in 2007. The Financial Times once described them as the "think-tank at intellectual heart of ‘hard’ Brexit" - a characterisation that they reject.

The charity was set up by Christopher Chandler, a New Zealand-born tycoon who was once a major shareholder in the Russian state energy firm Gazprom.

In 2018, he was accused of being a group of cross-party MPs of “working for Russian intelligence services”.

The claims were made under parliamentary privilege. They were based on files written by Monaco’s security services, including information from France’s DST foreign intelligence agency.

Chandler is described as an “object of interest” to the DST because of his alleged Kremlin ties.

Whitewavemark2

GBNews is now to be known as

KGBNews.

It’s owner is thought to be a Russian spy.

Which one of the four owners of All Perspectives Ltd who own GB. News is an alleged Russian Spy ?

GBNews is now to be known as

KGBNews.

It’s owner is thought to be a Russian spy.

Caroline Fiennes
@carolinefiennes

About UK Royals' involvement in #charity: implication that it helps the oligarch laundro-mat: "Donations to charities - esp those headed by members of the British #Royal family - are a key part of reputation laundering by the Soviet elites" - so says Chatham House, no less:

Prince Charles has had a close relationship with Roman Abramovich for almost 20 years. He needs to come clean about the extent of that friendship, given Charles has direct access to the top of government and all government papers.

Chelsea FC have been granted a special licence so they continue playing, they are not allowed to sell any tickets so that means only season ticket holders can attend games

(I guess this applies to home games, haven’t seen anything referring to a ban on ticket sales for Chelsea fans at away matches )

The Conservatives for Russia group has been quietly disbanded .

Along with a number of others

Roman Abromovich has been sanctioned by the U.K. Government all his assets have been frozen including Chelsea Football Club.

Whitewavemark2

I would be very surprised if Johnson isn’t seen as a security fish by the security services.

Johnson was seen as a security risk when he was briefly the worst Foreign Secretary we ever had. Staff were advised not to keep him informed of certain high security information.

“Around the same time the PM is also alleged to have got involved in Gov contracts for adverts in newspapers - to ensure Lebedev’s Evening Standard benefitted

He is said to have raised Lebedev specifically with aides, and then later Cab Office official in charge”

Fish= risk!

I would be very surprised if Johnson isn’t seen as a security fish by the security services.

Interesting article in the Observer today about the houses owned by Russians, including Sutton Place which was Paul Getty's UK home for many years

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/06/how-london-became-the-place-to-be-for-putins-oligarchs

Whitewavemark2

So in summary the Prime Minister ignored advice from MI5 and MI6 not to give a peerage to the son of a former KGB officer, before intervening to hand him government contracts.

I haven't read the ST story, which is paywalled, but from comments I've seen based on it, Johnson actually made our intelligence agency withdraw their advice to the HoLC that Lebedev was a security risk.

Which I find very strange. How could a government minister instruct an intelligence agency to withdraw advice?