{"id":124810,"date":"2022-03-04T15:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T08:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cleaning-london-of-dirty-russian-money-would-be-great-but-wont-topple-putin-simon-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T16:09:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T09:09:38","slug":"cleaning-london-of-dirty-russian-money-would-be-great-but-wont-topple-putin-simon-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cleaning-london-of-dirty-russian-money-would-be-great-but-wont-topple-putin-simon-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning London of dirty Russian money would be great \u2013 but won\u2019t topple Putin | Simon Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe UK government is directing its impotent fury at the oligarchs it has courted for 20 years. It will achieve littleWe yearn to help. Wrong must be put right. Something must be done. The agony was plain on Boris Johnson\u2019s face as a Ukrainian berated him for refusing to impose a no-fly zone on Russia. When an outrage is being perpetrated and untold numbers of people are dying hourly on our screens, impotence is misery. So we loudly voice our support of Ukraine. We hate Vladimir Putin, hate oligarchs, hate Russians. It eases our pain.The early stages of war are always moments when reason is told to leave. As the drums of battle roll, courage demands emotion and unity is all. The only resolution is death or glory. Talk of compromise is treason. This is especially true in Europe, with its long history of bilateral conflicts that demand to be seen as \u201cworld wars\u201d.Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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