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Today, Explained

Butler to the World by Oliver Bullow

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Oliver bullow's new book, butler to the world, is about how the british have been quietly assisting oligarchs for decades. Oligarchs in russia are generally seen as being terrible violators of all that was right and proper. As soon as they got in a plane and flew to the uk, they became entrepeners or philanthropists or, you know, providers foreign direct investments. But we're here to talk about one hyde park, the building behind me, which is probably the most exclusive gaited community in the worldeis a bit like the hollywood to us.

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