Britain's legal system has always been tilted in favour of those with more resources. But now it's being pushed further out of kilto through the allure of cash from oligarchs and cleptocrats who should fail any reasonable duediligence test. The richest russian clients will pay more than double the going rate for top solicitors, which is around 500 pounds an hour. So what's the way forward? How to rid london of more of its dirty money? Well one way forward is to bring in new laws. We also need to see higher penalties,. And it will also take political will, i think.
Britain’s capital is packed with foreign capital, in particular the Russian kind. We ask what it is about London that attracts—and protects—the oligarchs. We check in again with Lusya Shtein of the anti-Putin punk-rock group Pussy Riot about her daring escape from Russia. And amid celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year tenure, we reflect on royal jubilees through history.
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