Boris Johnson must return £2.3m of Russia-linked cash donated to Tories, says Starmer

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  1. What about giving Lord Lebedev a peerage. An oligarch who’s father is in the KGB (now known as the FSB). As Putin is quoted as saying, you never leave the kgb.

  2. And the bloody rest! There’s a lot of dirty Russian money in the conserve coffers, both on and off the books. Rich Russians have more access to the government than anyone born here.

  3. Only £2.3m? I’m shocked it is so little, especially considering how much money the Tories receive in donations. Are there any donations from companies with no person as a registered owner? I suspect they might be linked with Russia if that is the case.

    Johnson is one thing, however it is the banks that really need to stop accepting Russian money and start blocking transactions involved in funnelling money out of Russia and into the UK. £2.3m is a lot to you or me, but it is chicken scratch for Russian oligarchs and more needs to be done to hit them where it really hurts.

  4. Is Starmer saying he’ll return the Chinese “linked” half mil Labour got? If not this is just hypocrisy.

  5. Can we also have the over 100k he gave to that American he was shagging, sorry, having technology lessons from.

  6. Yes they should yet they won’t.

    Starmer is saying that we need to go in hard with sanctions against Russia, unfortunately unless its a collective effort by the UK, US and the entire EU and its aimed specifically at all the Russian Oligarchs then it will be utterly pointless.

    Sanctions against Russia as in the country only hurt the people and do nothing against Putin.

    You hurt the Oligarchs, you hurt Putin.

  7. Well seeing so many Torys have taken money from the Russians, people dont realise one russian paid £160,000 yes £160000 to play squash with bojo the clown , and she is the wife of a high up in russia, why would anyone pay to play bojo, he isnt andre agassi!

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