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Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Media Show 20220319 14:49:00

That we are reading investigations into russian influence into the uk and i m thinking particularly about roman abramovich. line oh, you will know about the legal perils of writing about oligarchs. has the risk of litigation from london s top law forms suppress reporting about them? j law forms suppress reporting about them? ., law forms suppress reporting about them? . ., , ., ., them? i am not carrying water for them? i am not carrying water for the the financial them? i am not carrying water for the the financial times, - them? i am not carrying water for the the financial times, but - them? i am not carrying water for the the financialtimes, but i - them? i am not carrying water for the the financialtimes, but i can| the the financial times, but i can assure you that we did write about influence of russians in the uk and i still have letters from the law firms threatening us. this was literally putin s. we ve seen the names of the law firms. we heard this and the testimonyjust th ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Media Show 20220324 02:50:00

We did an interview about lebedev interviewing lukashenko. they did not want me asking any questions. he secured the interview, and you were along for the ride to film it. i think we will move on from there. and move away from evgeny lebedev and back to the question that i asked at the start of the show why is it only now that we are reading investigations into russian influence into the uk and i m thinking particularly about roman abramovich. lionel barber, you will know about the legal perils of writing about oligarchs. has the risk of litigation from london s top law forms suppressed reporting about them until now? i am not carrying water for the the financial times, but i can assure you that we did write about the influence of russians in london and i still have letters from the law firms threatening us. ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Media Show 20220320 14:49:00

In the interview when he turned to lukashenko and said, what do you think about group sex? there was an awkward pause and lukashenko looked at me and i had to kind of move in. he secured the interview, and you were along for the ride to film it. i think we will move on from there. and move away from evgeny lebedev and back to the question that i asked at the start of the show why is it only now that we are reading investigations into russian influence into the uk and i m thinking particularly about roman abramovich. lionel, you will know about the legal perils of writing about oligarchs. ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Media Show 20220320 05:50:00

So that s really important to emphasise, although i did not want me asking any questions. he had secured the interview. i suppose you were along for the ride to film the, you know, getting that, interview him, getting that interview, i suppose. so i think we will move on from there and move away from evgeny lebedev at this point. and back to that question that i asked at the start of the show about why it s only now that we re reading investigations into russian influence in the uk, and i m thinking in particular about roman abramovich and what we re learning now. lionel barber, you know, you ll know from your time as editor of the ft about the legal perils of writing about the oligarchs. has the risk of litigation from london s top law firms suppressed reporting about them until now, do you think? well, i m not carrying water for the ft, but i can assure you that we did write about russian influence in london, and i still have the letters from the law firms threatening us. and you kno ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Media Show 20220321 01:49:00

On the radio. because the deal, you know. on the radio. because the deal, you know. we on the radio. because the deal, you know, we ended on the radio. because the deal, you know, we ended up, - you know, we ended up, newsnight ended up doing a story about lebvedev interviewing lukashenko rather interviewing lu kashenko rather than interviewing lukashenko rather than doing the story with lebvedev stop. lebvedev did not want me asking any questions. he secured the interview, and you were along for the ride to film it. i think we will move on from there. and move away from evgeny lebedev and back to the question that i asked at the star of the show why is it only now that we are reading investigations into russian influence into the uk? and i m thinking particularly about roman abramovich. and what we are learning now. lionel barber, you will know from your time editing the financial times about the legal perils of writing about oligarchs. has the risk of litigation from london s t ....

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