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Russian Interference
Byline Times leads the way in exposing the anti-democratic influence of the Kremlin over the affairs of other nations
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EXCLUSIVE The Johnson-Lebedev Letters: A Back-Channel to Vladimir Putin?
Letters exclusively obtained by Byline Times, between Boris Johnson and Evgeny Lebedev, shed new light on how the son of a Russian oligarch and former KGB officer built such a close relationship with Britain's Prime Minister
I Spent Years Imploring the Conservatives to Investigate Russian Interference. They Didn’t Listen
As a Labour MP investigating disinformation, Ian Lucas saw first-hand the Government’s attempts to duck the question of Russia
EXCLUSIVE London’s Financial Giants Have Made Billions from Russia’s State-Linked Companies
TJ Coles explores the tangled web that exists between British and Russian money
How Levelling Up, Brexit and the Ukraine War are Intertwined
Sam Bright explores how Brexit has exposed Britain to the reverberations of the war in Ukraine
Evgeny Lebedev: The Ersatz Kremlin Critic
Mic Wright looks at the cute and often contradictory statements on the Russian President made by the proprietor of the Evening Standard and Independent newspapers. Photo: Matt Crossick /Alamy
EXCLUSIVE A Golden Ticket: 2,000 Oligarchs from Countries with Human Rights Concerns ‘Buy’ Permanent Right to Live in UK
Between 2010 and 2020, 65% of the foreign investors granted permanent UK residency were from China and Russia, reports Sam Bright
EXCLUSIVE Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It
Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain
EXCLUSIVE Government Didn’t Record Minutes of Meeting Between Lebedev and Johnson
A now-infamous meeting between the Prime Minister and his Russian ally was not recorded by officials, Sam Bright reports
Boris Johnson has Left an ‘Oligarch Loophole’ in the Economic Crime Bill
The Government's ‘crackdown’ on money-laundering by Russian oligarchs has a large loophole which will allow some oligarchs to be exempted, reports Adam Bienkov
Brexit was a Victory for British Putinism – Why were those who Got It Right Vilified?
Anthony Barnett details what he has learnt from the work of journalists such as Carole Cadwalladr and Byline Times' co-founder and executive editor Peter Jukes about the threat to British democracy hiding in plain sight
