From the archive: How Britain let Russia hide its dirty money

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, we revisit this piece by Oliver Bullough from 2018. For decades, politicians have welcomed the super-rich with open arms. Now they’re finally having second thoughts. But is it too late?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:09.4	Hi, my name is Hannah Frankson.
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0:15.9	Nothing motivates me more than the thought of enjoying life to the fullest.
0:20.5	Life is always for so many different challenges and chapters.
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0:46.0	Hi, my name is Oliver Bullo.
0:47.6	I'm the author of How Britain Let Russia Hide It's Dirty Money,
0:53.4	which we published in 2018.
0:56.5	I don't actually remember what the precise crisis was at the time that made me want to write this piece.
1:06.1	Bid in a way, that's one of the things that's so disturbing about it.
1:10.1	I could have written this article when Putin was bombing Grozny in the year 2000.
1:16.9	Or after Alexander Lippieenko was murdered in London with Pologne in 2010 in 2006.
1:22.5	Or after Putin invaded Georgia in 2008.
1:27.1	Or annex Crimea in 2014.
1:31.2	In 2018, which I suppose probably was the news peg in inverted commas after he tried to kill
1:37.0	Sergiskrip Island's old Brie.
1:38.8	I'm all right now.
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