Protesters have disrupted the House of Lords with chants calling for the abolishment of the chamber. In footage from the Palace of Westminster, the group of about half a dozen people could be heard shouting ‘Lords out, people in’ from the public gallery. One thousand white and yellow leaflets carried by the small crowd of activists
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the hosts of “The View” on Tuesday morning that “oligarchs” running the United States keep him up at night, despite his ties to the billionaire Soros family. “I wake up at 3 in the morning sometimes so worried about the future of this country under these oligarchs,” Schumer said
The London ‘billionaires’ row’ targeted by thieves earlier this month is one of the country’s priciest streets – where homes are put on the market for as much as £110million and snapped up by wealthy foreign investors. Data from Lloyds Bank suggests mansions on Avenue Road in St John’s Wood have sold for an average
A multibillion-pound Russian money laundering network run by a glamorous millionaire and an on-the-run businessman has been brought down by British police.  The system was used by Russian-speaking hackers with millions in cryptocurrency that they needed to turn into cash and assets, as well as street gangs who had physical money they needed to launder.Â
Two sanctioned Russian oligarchs have become part-owners of the UK’s largest oil producer after it completed a deal to buy a German firm. LetterOne, the investment company part-owned by oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, now owns nearly 15% of Harbour Energy. LetterOne itself is not sanctioned, and the two Russians have no contact with