{"id":98842,"date":"2018-09-30T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T05:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/forget-the-pledges-to-act-london-is-still-a-haven-for-dirty-russian-money-oliver-bullough\/"},"modified":"2018-09-30T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T06:04:02","slug":"forget-the-pledges-to-act-london-is-still-a-haven-for-dirty-russian-money-oliver-bullough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/forget-the-pledges-to-act-london-is-still-a-haven-for-dirty-russian-money-oliver-bullough\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget the pledges to act \u2013 London is still a haven for dirty Russian money | Oliver Bullough"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAfter Salisbury, the Tories said we would get tough on rich Russians. But billionaires are still coming and sanctions are nowhere to be seenBritain, we\u2019re told, has a new policy on dirty Russian money. We are finally pulling the red carpet from under the feet of the rich Russians who have turned London into a private members\u2019 club.This new \u201chostile environment\u201d was trailed in February after the security minister, Ben Wallace, watched McMafia \u2013 \u201cWe know what they are up to and we are not going to let it happen anymore,\u201d he told the Times \u2013 in an onslaught of media announcements that has since become more intense. After the novichok attack in Salisbury, a headline in the Sun told us wealthy Russians were unwelcome. These are, an article on Bloomberg announced \u201cthe last days of Londongrad\u201d. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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After Salisbury, the Tories said we would get tough on rich Russians. 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