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Gee.  I'm sure the 'businessman' from the highly corrupt authoritarian country who has billions in various off-shore accounts, is a totally trustworthy and ethical person and exactly the type of guy we want to have lots of political leverage in our country!
I know it - because he told me he was, when he gave me that briefcase full of used £100 notes then showed me the photos he had of me having sex with a dog!
Whilst the headline is a bit misleading at least it's reminding people that these fuckers exist and that the conservative party is owned by them (among other oligarchs from elsewhere).
I would imagine that statement rings true for recipients of “investor visas” from and in many countries >

It worked really well in Canada when it was used properly. Investors had to drop money into a business and run it for five years, with the intent of creating new businesses and employment.  in about 25 years the diner near me has passed through the hands of four Korean families and they keep 2-4 wait staff employed. >

Isn't this how all investor visas are supposed to work? A certain amount of investment every year. >

Yep. And those families all worked their asses off. The dads cooked and did dishes, mom managed and served, kids served and did dishes when not at school. >

For real. How many oligarchs does Russia have? >

Especially with them all jumping out of Windows >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 73%. (I'm a bot)


Ten Russia-backed individuals who were put on the UK's sanctions list after the invasion of Ukraine had used a "Golden visa" route for the super rich to move to the UK, Suella Braverman has disclosed.
The home secretary said "a minority" of more than 6,000 individuals who used the tier 1 visa route were potentially at high risk of having obtained wealth through corruption, illegality or organised crime - and that many were still under investigation by the police.
The disclosures have been made in a written ministerial statement on Thursday after a long-awaited review of the visa scheme, which many had blamed for allowing Kremlin-backed oligarchs to gain a foothold in the UK. The tier 1 visa route, whereby wealthy individuals could buy the right to live in the UK by investing in British-registered companies, was shut in February after Russia's invasion of Ukraine amid fears that the system was being abused.


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Can we start using “oligarch” to describe all billionaires/politicians now? >

Yes. >

Tory donors would be more appropriate. >

Make them fund a Ukranian Refugee program or something then kick them out. >

My god!  Are we suggesting that rich people can buy their way out of anything?  I am shocked, shocked I tell you. >

The dissonance between UK putting their back in helping with the Ukrainian war effort and UK being a leisure hive for Russian oligarchs is very strange. It makes it hard to tell if they are in Russia's pocket or not. >

Most of those people are wanted in Russia and most likely will be jailed as soon as they cross the border. So why should they lobby against UA support? >

Send them to Rwanda >

I hope this government is pursued properly for the actions they have committed while in power. They refused to apply sanctions to certain Russians for a very long time. They refused to allow an inquiry into Russian interference. They even put a Russian in the House of Lords, against the advice of both MI5 and the Lords assessment committee. Greed before country at every turn.