AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST
On 28 October 2016, I received an email from a well-connected former senior MI6 officer who asked me if I had any material about properties in London owned by wealthy Russians. I was a natural person to ask because I had written a book about the Russian oligarchs and had become an expert on the ownership of expensive houses and luxury apartments in central London.
A private jet owned by a Russian tycoon in the "closest circle to Vladimir Putin" has been effectively barred from European airspace after its registration was removed by the Isle of Man authorities.
While the billionaire is trying to dispose of his Western assets in a fire sale, there’s one question everyone is asking: Where is he now?
An £8m property in Belgravia inhabited by the son of a newly sanctioned Russian oligarch could be seized by the Government as part of the response to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Giorgi Rtskhiladze claims he was not paid for arranging space rocket-launch rights for OneWeb in Kazakhstan
Foreign affairs committee chairman Tom Tugendhat is a shareholder in Beauhurst
While she was Home Secretary Theresa May was briefed very discreetly by a senior former MI6 officer who had been stationed in Moscow during the turbulent 1990s when corruption and contract killing was rampant. The spy delivered a chilling message: Russian organised crime was active in the UK and London was a haven for Russian oligarchs to hide and protect their ill-gotten gains.