The Russian government has allegedly hired British politicians, former intelligence officers and PR firms to advance its interests in Britain’s politics and form a “western buffer network,” The Guardian reported Monday.
The claims are based on U.S.-born financier Bill Browder’s Sept. 2018 testimony submitted to the British parliament for its report on alleged Russian interference in Britain’s politics. London postponed the report’s publication until after Britain’s Dec. 12, 2019, general election and has yet to publish it.
“What’s most shocking is that the Russian government is indirectly hiring British nationals to assist them in its intelligence operations,” Browder, once the biggest foreign money manager in Moscow, told The Guardian.
Russia allegedly deploys its clients, who Browder claims are both witting and unwitting intermediaries, to attack Putin critics, “enhance Russian propaganda and disinformation” and “facilitate and conceal massive money-laundering operations.”
The Kremlin dismissed the claims as “groundless” and “maniac-style Russophobia.”
Browder is spearheading a global campaign to expose corruption and punish Russian officials he blames for the 2009 death of his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow prison.
Browder-funded Hermitage Capital has successfully lobbied the U.S. Congress and other European countries to pass legislation freezing assets and denying visas to Russian officials allegedly involved in the Magnitsky case.
The financier named Andrei Pavlov, a corporate lawyer hit by Magnitsky sanctions, as one example of a Russian national who has hired at least three British firms to lobby against EU sanctions and gather intelligence.
Russia casts Browder as a criminal, while Browder casts Russia as a criminal state. Russia has repeatedly asked Interpol to arrest Browder, who was sentenced in absentia by a Russian court to nine years in prison for deliberate bankruptcy and tax evasion.
Browder says he is the victim of a vendetta by corrupt officials in the Russian state and denies all the charges. Interpol has rejected several Russian requests for Browder’s arrest.
Reuters contributed reporting to this article.
(c) The Moscow Times
Boris has been sitting on this report since Oct. 17. Come on Boris get it published, or does the report contain some embarrassment for the government? I’m fucking sick of so called democracies hiding the shit caused by Russia. They got away with the attempted assassination of the Skripals, now this report is being shoved into the “never to be seen” pile.
Someone needs to have a brain, LOL.
These countries call Ukraine corrupt, betraying your country for rubles is a far worse crime, and London is full of these traitors.
Off topic: Me and Suzanna now have enough loopaper until Christmas, about 600 rolls. LMAO!
You expecting a bout of diarrhea? LMAO
Corona, diarrhea, russian invasion, looting… gotta be prepared for the unexpected. LMFAO!
Hot curry? LMAO
Nah. I said 600, not 6000 rolls. LMAO!
I don’t think Knut will be travelling to his favourite holiday destination any time soon, it’s closed. LMAO
It closed while he was there? LMFAO!
He’s been quiet lately, so maybe he is still there. LMAO
How does a Mex know when he’s hungry?
Ans: when his ass stops stinging!
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There are certain people that the British and American governments should listen to and ACT on their advice. One is Bill, another is Brian Whitmore. Also Edward Lucas.
Are there any countries not infiltrated by Russian trash? We are fighting a war in the West, and have been for years, but the West doesn’t realise it yet. Having these Putin scum infiltrating every aspect of politics in the West is outright scandalous, and fucking dangerous too. Just when are we going to wake up to the fact?
My thoughts exactly. There are in fact only a handful of pro-Ukraine countries. The rest are putlerite or indifferent.
Ukraine (and Georgia too) can rely on (but only to a limited extent) the Five Eyes, plus Poland and Pribaltika. That is why America is so important.
Concerning the article, it’s Four Eyes now. LMAO!
Unfortunately all the five eyes are infected with putinoid virus. America more than any. The number of filth in media and politics there that want to lick the shitweasel’s jackboots is immense. Just to name a few : The Pauls, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Anne Coulter, Alex Jones, Michael Savage, Rohrabacher, Manafort, Trump, Hannity, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Cohen, Andrew Anglin, David Duke, Richard Spencer, Bolshevik Bernie and that trash Democrat woman from Samoa whose name I forget. Gabbard. I remembered!
Sad but true. But on the plus side, there’s now a Corona outbreak in a refugee camp on Lesbos. Hi5! 😇
Those poor fuckers.
I refer of course to the citizens of that once charming island if this devil virus gets into the community.
I think Sanders is not pro-Russian at all.
He has openly declared that Russia was supporting his campaign and he condemned them for it.
He has been repeatedly sceptical towards Russia and he supports tougher sanctions.
I do however think Russia likes him for two reasons:
1) He wants a bigger state, which is, even among Democrats, very controversial, so he could split the Democratic party.
2) He wants to cut the budget of the military to have more money to spend on healthcare and education. If you are a Putin that wants to attack NATO countries, this is very convenient.
Even though I do not consider Bernie pro-Russian or even socialist (his healthcare ideas are almost an exact copy of the NHS: he basically wants to copy-paste Western-European policies), he still worries me, as I think ruling out military action will make Russia start wars. Also, thousands of U.S. soldiers did not die to hand over Afghanistan to the Taliban for free. I like Sanders’ domestic policies, but I think Ukraine’s and even the world’s most important challenge is to deal with Russia, as I feel we are heading to a new World War if we remain on the appeasing course.
He is and always has been a filthy, stinking, lying Russia shill. The fact that it switched to fascism long ago has not deterred him one bit. The cunt has and continues to advocate creating a new organization featuring Russia and other filthy terror states in the Muslim world to defeat terror. You could not make this up! The fucker deserves to be incarcerated with isis and other terror rats.
Wait, he also said that we should cooperate with them? That might alter my position.