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This week has seen the constant expansion of the UK sanctions regime to a wider set of Russian targets as crisis in Ukraine continues. The newly-announced financial sanctions and...

The Foreign Office is preparing a hit list of Russian oligarchs to be targeted by sanctions in the coming months and fears the conflict in Ukraine could last a decade.

On Tuesday, Home Secretary Priti Patel will introduce legislation to Parliament to overhaul Unexplained Wealth Orders, which can be used to tackle so-called McMafia operations.

How much Russian money is there in the UK? By Reality Check team BBC News London has earned the nickname "Londongrad" as the preferred destination for...

Former President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves gave the laudatory speech at a ceremony in honor of Alexei Navalny, the Russian dissident and opposition leader imprisoned by Russian authorities since early on this year and recognized by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience. Navalny is 2021's recipient of the Knight of Freedom Award 2021. The text of Toomas Hendrik Ilves' speech marking the award and given at the Warsaw Security Forum on Wednesday evening, October 6, is as...

Exclusive: After leaked offshore data exposed secrets of the ultra rich, experts accuse British government of not doing enough to tackle illicit finance

Talk to. first, what are the theories where the money came from to buy the scottish course? >> there is one theory and it is russian money. we said many times he couldnt get money from banks and deutsche bank was the only one to lend him money. he would have had to get rid of all available cash and theres no logic to do it. the money doesnt add up. when you go back to trump tower and the apartments there and so many other dealings and, you know, his complete bromance love for vladimir putin whic...

The UK last hosted the G7 in 2013 but progress on David Cameron’s grand plans has been woeful

Alleged cash mules detained in raids sparked by Tara Hanlon arrest

Harrods mega-spender loses Supreme Court challenge image copyrightPA Media The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by a woman who spent £16m in Harrods to overturn the UKs first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO). Zamira Hajiyeva, wife of a jailed banker, may now lose her £12m London home - and a separate golf course - if she cant explain her riches. The court said her challenge to the UWO raised no arguable point of law. Mrs Hajieyvas husband is in jail in Azerbaijan for embezzling million...