#278 | Londongrad: Why Russian Oligarchs Fell In Love With Britain’s Capital
English Learning for Curious Minds
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The UK's Attraction for Oligarchs
The uk. legal and financial system means it is very easy not only to disguise ownership of what you have, but also makes it very hard for someone to get their hands on it. This is one of the problems that the Government faced when it finally decided to sanction russian oligarchs in march of 20 22. We'll get on to that in a minute, but first it's important to hilik two additional factors about the uk's attraction for oligarchs. The first is a practical factor. You might think that the uk. Is a difficult country to emigrate to, and that it is hard and complicated to get a british passport. It isn't for
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