Ukraine crisis: How much Russian money is there in the UK?

[Thomas]

How to Stop Former Western Leaders From Becoming Paid Shills for Autocrats

From Gerhard Schröder to Tony Blair, former officials have cashed in by repping autocrats and their proxies.

Schröder is the inspiration for the Russian neologism Schröderizatsiya ("Schröderization"), which loosely translates to "former Western leader who leaves office; inks deals with authoritarian, kleptocratic regimes; and illustrates just how shallow claims of democratic values truly are." As former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has pointed out, Schröder has become "the most important Putin lobbyist in the world."
And Putin knows it. As the Russian leader quipped on Tuesday, "If German citizens don't want to pay four or five times as much as they do for gas, they should be grateful to Mr. Schröder." And though Scholz is right that Schröder is "not the government," that doesn't mean the former chancellor no longer has a voice to influence the Social Democrats' approach to Moscow. As Spiegel revealed last week, Schröder met with prominent members of the party as recently as last month to discuss Russia policy.

But where Schröder was a pioneer years ago when he first joined Nord Stream's shareholders committee, he's hardly alone. If anything, Schröder simply ushered in a stampede of former Western politicians who realized just how lucrative linking up with authoritarian regimes can be.
Just look at the raft of former European leaders who have followed in Schröder's footsteps. There's former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, who left office and promptly began shilling for Kazakhstan's former dictator. There's former French Prime Minister François Fillon, who joined the board of Russian-state owned oil firm Zarubezhneft last June, before also joining the board of Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur in late December, according to Politico.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/15/gerhard-schroder-gazprom-russia-tony-blair/

[Thomas]

Who gives a toss.

The Russian money is in the UK because the Russians don't trust their own banks. Even if their accounts are frozen, they know that they are at least safe.

Meanwhile, UK/Russian trade is largely about getting the Russians to increase the supply of gas. Overall, not the best time to chuck our weight around.

exactly borkie who gives a toss? Its just the usual labour party chancers trying to make political gain , as well as krankie and her club 18-30 defence spokeperson macdonald , the former tenerife holiday rep , to attack salmond , whom she is obsessed with.

anymore been talked about by labour over barry gardiner and his dirty chinese money? What about starmer? A while back he was out begging with the bowl to all and sundry for any money anyone could spare .

[Borchester]

Who gives a toss.

The Russian money is in the UK because the Russians don't trust their own banks. Even if their accounts are frozen, they know that they are at least safe.

Meanwhile, UK/Russian trade is largely about getting the Russians to increase the supply of gas. Overall, not the best time to chuck our weight around.

[GBNews]

Ukraine crisis: How much Russian money is there in the UK?

The UK is considering further sanctions against Russian interests, but what action can be taken?

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