Patrick Radden Keefe’s obituary for Britain
In London Falling, the American journalist presents the capital as a dying, amoral city
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Alpa Shah: India is not a safe place any more
Narendra Modi’s Hindu supremacism is capturing major state institutions while repressing minority groups and political activists.
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What does Evgeny Lebedev want?
Buying British newspapers gave the Lebedevs clout in Tory high politics. Over a decade on, it remains unclear what they…
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Wealthy Russians are once more buying their way into the UK
Failures in corporate oversight have let Russians bypass attempts to stop them moving their wealth and their families to Britain.
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How Companies House became a haven for oligarchs
More than one in ten LLPs incorporated in the UK share “almost identical” features to shell companies used for serious…
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“He has embarked on a war he can’t stop”: Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Putin’s next move
Jailed for a decade by Putin, the exiled oligarch explains how the Russian leader consolidated his power – and why…
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Britain’s second empire: how London became an oligarchs’ playground
The UK has been cultivating a reputation as a gateway to the offshore world since the end of its territorial…
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Could the government really seize oligarchs’ houses?
Wealthy people with links to the Kremlin own swathes of luxurious London property, and Michael Gove is considering how to…
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What took us so long?
It should not have taken the biggest land invasion since the Second World War to end decades of amorality over…
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