Many of Russia’s super rich have made London the centre of their business dealings, enabled by a willing services sector
In November 2017, a bank with close links to the Kremlin was revealed to have funded a £140m investment in Twitter.
The share acquisition made by DST Global, founded by the Russian-born billionaire Yuri Milner, was financed by the Kremlin-controlled VTB Bank, now under UK sanctions, leaked documents revealed.