Five moments we’ll always cherish from Gavin WIlliamson’s time as defence secretary May 2, 2019 Historians will look back on former defence secretary Gavin Williamson as one of the more colourful figures in Theresa May's Cabinet. Read more: Defence secretary Gavin Williamson ousted from cabinet over Huawei leak Williamson, who was last night sacked over allegations he leaked information from a top secret security meeting, experienced a series of gaffes [...]
US ready to take military action in Venezuela, says secretary of state Mike Pompeo May 1, 2019 The United States is prepared to take military action in Venezuela, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said during a television interview today. Read more: Venezuelan opposition leader Guaido urges protesters back on to streets Pompeo told the Fox Business channel: “Military action is possible. If that’s what’s required, that’s what the United States will [...]
Tories enraged after Liz Truss gaffe lifts lid on £130,000 dinner between May, cabinet and former Russian politician’s wife May 1, 2019 Liz Truss has accidentally revealed that the wife of a former Russian senior politician and ally of Vladimir Putin paid the Tories £135,000 to have dinner with Prime Minister Theresa May and several other cabinet ministers – via an Instagram post. Read more: Truss urges Tories to back May's deal and says UK should slash [...]
Gazprom profits double on higher European gas sales April 29, 2019 Record sales in Europe helped Russian energy giant Gazprom double its profits last year, it said today. The company’s profits reached nearly 1.5 trillion roubles (£17.5bn) in 2018. Read more: Plexus shares hit oil as licensee signs deal with Gazprom The big profits were helped as its exports to Europe and Turkey reached a record [...]
Ministers mull new laws to crack down on foreign spies working in UK banks and businesses April 28, 2019 A new law to crack down on foreign spies working for banks and businesses is reportedly being drawn up by the government to curb the influence of "red money" in the UK. The legislation is part of a raft of measures designed to get a grip on money flowing into the UK from Russia and China, following [...]
‘End of my presidency’: Document shows that Trump was terrified of Mueller investigation April 18, 2019 US President Donald Trump believed the Mueller investigation into his campaign’s ties with Russia would be “the end of my presidency” according the the newly released report. Trump delivered the remarks when then-attorney general Jeff Sessions told him that a special counsel was being appointed to look into allegations of a conspiracy, according to the [...]
Bill Browder lodges Swedbank money laundering complaint with Latvian authorities April 17, 2019 UK hedge fund boss and prominent Putin critic Bill Browder has lodged a criminal complaint against Swedbank with Latvian authorities over alleged money laundering. Browder, who has also taken the same complaint to Estonian and Swedish authorities, alleges that Swedbank accounts were used to launder $176m (£135m) between 2006 and 2012 linked to Russian money [...]
Ashwin Bhardwaj travels to the cultural heart of Russia, to eat and drink with the locals of St Petersburg April 17, 2019 There are not many places that have left me literally gobsmacked, but the moment I stepped outside the Finljandski Train Station in St Petersburg, I knew that I had arrived somewhere special. It was here, in 1917, that Vladimir Lenin stepped back onto Russian soil after nearly 20 years of exile. He had taken the [...]
Netflix predicts slowed subscriber growth as price hikes begin to hurt April 17, 2019 Netflix expects its subscriber growth rate to weaken in the coming months, as upcoming US price rises for its TV streaming site dampen the attraction of new users. The firm said it had gained a record number of 9.6m paid subscribers in the three months to March, taking its total up to 148.9m and ahead of [...]
Mueller report into Trump campaign to be released ‘within a week’ April 9, 2019 US attorney general William Barr has said he will be in a position to release the Mueller report to the public within a week. Read more: Mueller just gave Democrats the key to taking down Trump Last month Barr said the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election showed that the president [...]