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Wow, I was completely unaware of this. I had read of similar things in spy novels, but didn't think it actually happens in real life. Any other scandals/stories I should look up other than Evgeny Lebedev?


> read of similar things in spy novels

It's not really a spy novel when you do it in the open.

You could try the "Russia report": https://docs.google.com/a/independent.gov.uk/viewer?a=v&pid=...

If you like spy stuff, https://spyblog.org.uk/ should be a regular read.

Then there's the various murders; the Salisbury poisonings, Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei Magnitsky (for whom the Magnitsky act is named) etc.

Probably useful to remember https://www.axios.com/trump-associates-convicted-mueller-inv... and of course everyone associated with Maria Butina.


In my opinion, the real scandal is the elevation of Claire Fox to the House of Lords.


Former revolutionary communist and IRA supporter Claire Fox? Well, I guess that's in the past now and the real thing she was nominated for was support of Brexit.




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