The London office block at the heart of Belarus s foreign finance empire
Ties run deep between Britain and Europe s last dictatorship
25 May 2021 • 7:30pm
Families living in Hammersmith Grove, a stone’s throw from one of west London s busiest gyratories, could be forgiven for not giving the large 1970s beige building a second glance.
But inside the Regus serviced office block sits one of the most prominent outposts of Europe s last dictatorship.
BNK is at the heart of Belarus’s burgeoning economic influence in Britain. Official filings show that under the direction of bureaucrats in Minsk, more than €2bn of Belarusian oil is sold through its London trading subsidiary each year.
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