Londongrad: How the U.K. became a laundromat for Russian oligarchs’ dirty money
For years, the UK has welcomed oligarchs with few questions asked about their fortunes. Billions of dollars poured in. Now, British intelligence is warning that Russian money is propping up Putin’s regime -- and that some of it is helping fund the war in Ukraine.
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Same thing happening in Australia. Rich Chinese businessmen with links to the CCP are given the green light to buying up chunks of Australian property and government assets.
Money talks. Capitalism has an inherent self destruction mechanism. It will eat itself out.
The CCP are uncomplicated bandits and treat the Chinese people with more contempt than any one else.
At least they're not turning them into colonial holdings and saying only Chinese laws apply there. Oh wait, that's what all y'all European powers did 100 years ago. How does it feel on the receiving end?
@@ZheFu-mp2fn HAHAHA!
This should be a wake-up call to stop allowing foreigners such control in your country.
"Transforming thugs into aristocrats" I was unaware a transformation was required.
The only difference is the moniker.
Nice one.
Slava Ukraine, am I right? kzhead.info/sun/gdWffNNqnl9-fX0/bejne.html
Good one! I think in order to get wealthy u HAVE to have some moral ambiguity
It’s silly to assume they’re one and the same, always. Are they sometimes? Absolutely. Always? Not at all.
British politicians and businessmen that allowed this should also be prosecuted and their assets frozen
It was all about investments and drawing taxes, doesn't matter how vile the sources are.And the Brits turned a blind eye coz the taxes fixed roads,schools and plugged the NHS holes.
@@pietrojenkins6901 Thanks for the clarification. It makes absolute sense. It only reveals the complexity of the situation.
"taxes fixed roads, schools and plugged the NHS holes.", only because the taxes that originally paid for them had been cut so the wealthy could become more wealthy and move the money offshore.
@@pietrojenkins6901 that's a laugh .. that money DID NOT go on public spending! Brexit was aided by Russia, it's no accident that right wing crony capitalism has exploded
Agree, if u sleep with dogs u catch fleas
I really wish they had mentioned that London allows the ANONYMOUS purchase of real estate. I'm not British so I don't know if there is a legit reason for that, but it sounds set up to be corrupt.
They also accept multi million pound donations from companies run by oligarchs but ignore that fact and only hear caching caching.
👍👍
The only anonymity allowed is when the properties are bought by companies, allowing the people who own those companies to hide behind them. I'm a Brit and, when I bought my house, I had to prove who I was in several ways to pass the money laundering legislation. There's no way they would have allowed me to buy anonymously. Yet again, it's one rule for the rich and one rule for the rest of us. Many of us are livid to know that the people these laws were designed to stop (laws that make life difficult for the rest of us) have a loophole, rendering the legislation pointless. Sadly, though, these Russian oligarchs are friendly with our politicians - meaning the latter will never close those loopholes and put things right...
@@t-and-p .. Well ain't that a kick in the @ss..
Boris 🙈🤝 Russia 🇷🇺🏛💰💰💰 London. Boris 🙄🖕🖕🖕. And Putin and his oligarch ||||||| 🔑 🗑👏👍
All of these properties should be seized and used to pay for the damage done in Ukraine and Georgia.
Nonsense. You don't know if the money was dirty or not. Pure speculation.
@@Originalman144 You Seem to be all over the place defending oligarchs - you russian, mabe even a handler of one of those mega-thieves?
dont poke the bear, is all I can advise, I dont care abt the Oligarchs who rob Russians blind, go and get them,
so then seize Assests of KBR, the Cheys, Rumsfeld, Bushes, Clintons, Obamas, Bidens and on and on and on and send it to to Iraq and Afghanistan. Don't Forget Libyia and Syria.
@@Originalman144 It's all dirty. Russia's economy is almost exclusively oil production. Putin divided the state-run oil companies in Russia among himself and his friends and those are the modern day Russian oligarchs.
It's still insane to me that when the USSR fell, it was immediately seized upon by criminals. It's crazy to me to know most of these hyper rich Russians are all criminals of some kind.
USSR was run by criminals, the smart ones saw the potential of undervalued state assets.
All of them are, read “Putin’s Kleptocracy” , the only one who is sort of anti putin is Chubais and even he isn’t really opposition
When you have someone like Mr Khrushchev hobnobbing with people like Elizabeth Taylor , what is the point of having an entity like the USSR? Where is the equality? The system was one of hypocrisy. On the other hand, capitalism has its greed that does not treat all fairly.
What about Khodorkovski?
How REPULSIVE can it get!!! Respect to the people digging into this
Dunno look at a few companies tied to them.
@@S4L665-OnelessthantheDevil Actually, not really. It's about the paper trail. They have to be able to prove what we know in courts of law.
Yes, get rid of the blacks from former commonwealth countries , Windrush generation. We can get billions of pound more through the Golden Visa Program - via Russian Oligarchs. Corrupt Sobs!
Shame on the British politicians who have been happily inviting dirty Russian money for decades
Including the one that is currently the Prime Minister of Britain.
You don't know if the money is dirty or not. Stop being easily manipulated.
@@Originalman144 it’s 50/50 some of it is honest and some isn’t plus these clowns in london act like they don’t steal money themselves
Wdc
well, lets see. i do believe the entire world would be complicit in this. why 60 minutes doesnt cover the US involvement, I dont know.
And yet the alarm bells are ringing loud and clear with China as well, yet we do nothing there either…. 🙄
Yup. Interesting isn't it? What is picked and chosen , the rest is denied.
Perhaps one government can manage to tackle one truly major international crisis--with the potential for igniting a world war--at a time. Still, in truth, the United States is currently--and was during the previous administration--attempting to deal with the problem of China without worsening matters further, as happened when Trump embarked on a trade war with China and essentially accused the Chinese of intentionally unleashing the SarsCov2 virus upon the world.
Chines people love shopping in Burberry.
London house prices trend is the smoking gun. Pity ordinary working stiffs trying to get onto the home ownership ladder with a mortgage 😭
When money is thrown with such freedom and abundance at someone, they become blind, deaf and dumb. This is what happened in England and the rest of the world.
Oh yes England is the victim.😂😂😂😂😂😂
Any you have DRUGS When money is thrown with such freedom and abundance at someone, they become blind, deaf and dumb. Your Words is that ok
England welcomed it more than others. Greed is supposed to be a deadly sin.
It's happening in the US too.
@@wilmaphillips2805 I'm sure we could name a dozen Russian assets off the top of our head with out any digging here in the US. And of course it makes sense to target the wealthiest countries to do their laundry. Roger Stone Michael Flynn Donald Trump Steve Bannon Mitch McConnell And all their known associates...etc. comes to mind.
I have been saying this since the first round of sanctions. I'm not intelligent nor have I studied geopolitics. Just look at the way the UK responded to the poisoning of its own citizens along with the radioactive isotopes that were strewn about London in the aftermath. Someone should have STOOD UP to them back then. And the US should have known that if you allow the Crimea invasion, that it would lead to Georgia and Ukraine. No one did anything to Hitler after he invaded the Sudetenland, Chekhovian, and the border. So, he had good reason to believe France and Britain would do NOTHING about Poland.
Putin got only a slap on the wrist for invading Crimea.
Wait... it was all on France, UK and USA to stop the Crimea invasion? What about the rest of Europe?
You are more intelligent than you think.
@@Kevin-bt4wb You are right. But I was also referencing france for the purpose of WW2. Not for the current.
How many times have Euro's said the US should mind its own business and stay out of other countries' foreign affairs. Now it sounds like you are saying the US should have gone to war with Russia over Crimea. I guess the correct foreign policy for the US is that the US should never get involved except when it should. When it should get involved it's always too late. In other words, it's always the US's fault. Did I sum up your views correctly?
Londongrad. Well put
Speaking as a UK citizen, I would like it to be known that it's the present Conservative government who have chiefly benefitted from Russian money, which is why politics in this country has become so corrupt and has influenced the political narrative of the last few years, particularly the Brexit campaign, which was supported by Putin as another way of sowing division in Europe.
Labour we’re equally culpable. Not weeks before the invasion, Labour Party politicians tried to formally criticise NATO on Russia’s behalf. Labour politicians have fallen over themselves to suck up to Russian gangsters. There is a long, long history of Labour’s infatuation with Russia.
No it's not. It's the City of London.
Brexit was an absolute gift to Putin
@@markotik5598 why? EU had been trying to stop the city of London for years. Its a separate government.
@@markotik5598 Brexit was regretable but I suspect the British are happy they don't have to deal with Hungary, they can just get on with their foreign policy without having to placate dubious "allies" like Hungary. In that sense Brexit might not have been as advantageous to the Kremlin as it first appeared. They were happy to see an unfriendly alliance split but they gained a very unfriendly foe. Goodbye, Londongrad.
8:45 '' We have become very dependant on Russian money..'' ... Beg to differ: Not ''We'' .... UK Politicians have become very dependent... Johnson and Lebedev being a case in point... Why on earth was a Foreigner ennobled ? Money !!!!!
This video misses several critical points; 1. Russian money and interference played a large role in the 2016 Brexit vote, Evgeny Lebedev used his newspapers to publically push for Brexit and influenced Boris Johnson to back Brexit 2.The Conservatives initially gave the Russian Billionaires 18 months to move their assets before the sanctions are applied, this was then reduced to 6 months when it was made public. 3. The Conservatives have received an estimated £10 million donations from Russian Billionaires, not the stated £4 million. 4. The Security Services report into Evgeny Lebedev (who was made a Lord) was blocked from release by Boris Johnson himself, MI6 specifically stated he should not be made a Lord and Johnson overrode their objection on his personal authority as PM. 5. Boris Johnson has a very close personal relationship with Evgeny Lebedev, our PM has been invited to Evgeny Lebedev's Italian villa for "party" weekends on numerous occasions, once when Johnson was the Foreign Secretary he secretly went for a weekend leaving all his security staff behind in London. 6. The Russian money that was supposed to be paid in taxes, etc.. to benefit the wider community thus justifying this laundry service, has never reached the wider community, from 2010 onwards the Conservative party have been cutting public funding in every area of government, even now in 2022 public spending (in real terms) has not reached what it was in 2009. The level of corruption in the Tory party is far, far deeper than most realise
Your story sounds familiar to what has been going on between Putin and Trump. Trump is a far worse version of Johnson.
@@av8rshane491 Trump’s a “useful idiot”. Johnson is an asset.
@@av8rshane491 how is trump worse ? He focuses on his country unlike Boris Johnson who thinks he’s on some world tour
@@av8rshane491 You’re right at least Boris Johnson is self-aware.
@@daniels1263 By his country you mean white racist piece of crap right? Edit: I am not calling all or even most of America white racist pieces of crap. I’m just saying that his most vocal supporters generally are.
"Russia is a mafia state." Good quote.
All governments are mafias. This is propaganda.
So is the catholic church.
@@anonymousanomaly9538 the metaphor is more accurate in some cases than others. Maybe you are mafia. And propoganda.
@@documax123, What I am isn't the issue, so believe whatever you like about me. The ability to discern truth without bias and dogma is the key. Governments aren't what they've been presented as. It's beyond obvious when we take a step back and take a logical look at things. Have a good day.
@@documax123, you read into my words negativity that isn't there and wasn't intended. Oh, well.
Thank You 60 Minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't it interesting how people suddenly get a conscience. I think the threat of social media has a lot to do with it.
Social media also works in the wrong direction as well. it's full of websites where evil people can meet and reinforce and spread their beliefs. The South got a conscience after their evil actions against black people were shown on TV for the world to see up close, back when there was no social media but there WAS an "equal time rule" for political opinions on TV. When the Republicans dumped the equal time rule, Fox "News" was born, and more racists who had to hide before now got to come out of the closet, couching their racism in legalisms, buzzwords, and twisted logic. Now, TV and social media are the same, except that there are many fewer TV channels than websites, which may be giving the power back to TV.
It's even more interesting how some never get a conscience, like EU and Germany still funding Putin with billions in oil and gas purchases. And with what remarkable precision and care western media and intellectuals avoid addressing the elephant in the room.
@@tobias4474 Yeah, They say they're cutting off Russian oil, then I hear some say by the end of the year 🙃😡. So i don't know who to believe or if it's accurate. But i know one thing, anybody that's still using Russian oil has blood on their hands. Have spine enough to make a sacrifice to save lives. Find an alternative or do without, suck it up people. People are getting killed and their homes obliterated.
@@genepozniak On the whole, I'd say social media has helped causes for the good. Of course there was Putin and bots meddling in the 2016 election and even in 2020. And the social media platforms have had to crackdown on propaganda but i think have done at least a fair job. They've even banned trump on Facebook and Twitter and some others. Social media has definitely helped racial inequality. But yes, tv did spread awareness on it early on, like witnessing the beatings on camera. The film serves as evidence, but it still takes people power to bring about change. Like for war crimes, film and photographs is powerful evidence. Can't wait for Putin to face the war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
Let's hope so! 🌈🦉
the numbers used and quoted in this video are so big that it's difficult for people to realise the scale of them! 2 billion USD worth of property in that tiny area mentioned means 4000 half a million USD houses!
i like how we smoothly glide over the fact that the aristocracy only became the aristocracy by being thugs a few centuries earlier
Or England’s empire building of invading 30% of countries around the globe
Aristocracy is practically defined by thuggery.
@@MrCTruck Off with her head lol.
Предки британской аристократии были пиратами свое дело они продолжают и сейчас
@@zurnur6951 Английская монархия потерпит неудачу, Эндрю и его брат Чарльз некомпетентны, недееспособны и коррумпированы.
Amazing! While working class homes are repossessed. Shame on UK.
Shame on them and the UK’s pomp and circumstance that it overlooks it. Wonder if the Queen taxes it…. And turns a blind eye. WHAT a SCAM.
Absolutely BRILLIANT. Combined two of the best shows and it felt authentic as ever. BCS FTW!!!!!! Thank you.
As you know, Britain is a global financial laundry. That's how Britain lives. So there's nothing to be hysterical about!
Fair point 👏
Not Britain, LONDON
@@pennytuppence2000 And where is London located? If the British public didn't give their silent approval and if they were really disgusted with money pouring in from Russia and oligarchs buying up properties in London, they would've pressured their local MP's over it. Despite two chemical attack incidents in the UK from Putin nothing was done until the war in Ukraine. Johnson even put an oligarchs' son into the House of Lord! How more complicated can it get. Trying to put the blame on London doesn't cut it. The whole of the UK is to blame for keeping silent and doing nothing.
How far you have fallen!
5:10 "Is that why more people don't publicly speak out against Putin?", He asks earnestly (after showing a Putin critic in a cage in court). Geez, I don't know.... perhaps we need to delve a little deeper!🤣
Right? Journalists sometimes ask questions even when answers are obviously staring them in the face.
@@ememedem6476 Literally, like Putin put him in a literal cage. On display. For all of his enemies to see.
Need only look at all the shopping opportunities in London to understand( anything available to be purchased )....it’s ALL geared to those with unimaginable wads of cash to spend.
"thugs into aristocrats"- most important quote
Shame on you!.You know better than this!
@@bonnierobinson8684 who me?
100%!🤑
60 minutes should also make a programme on Russian oligarchs in the US, and their dirty money!!..
Or is US corrupt with China money?
Boris 🙈🤝 Russia 🇷🇺🏛💰💰💰 London. Boris 🙄🖕🖕🖕. And Putin and his oligarch ||||||| 🔑 🗑👏👍
i aint sure if there are other docs since i watch dirty money in netflix, maybe some jake tran and other vids. our corporations, billionairs and their fans (ehem elon muskies, branson, bezos the RL bond villain, defense contractors , oil & car magnates
Funnel money through UK financial system more easy than in America that risky
We have the same issue in the US. We also have a similar visa program. You can essentially buy your way in. Western culture worships money and think wealthy people are special. We give them all passes all of the time.
China.
@@C.Hawkshaw I don't think China give visa for money
Rupert murdoch
the US d have to pay me to go there, thats fact, been there twice, nothing special there,
Yes wealthy people are special. If they are not why are you not one?? Why have they infiltrated the West and becoming your politicians?? Because you are not wealthy doesn't mean you should be jealous, you should also find your own wealth and be special, if you can't, beg your children to find their wealth. Britain has made FILTHY wealthy people special
Everyone has known this for years. Nothing here that is news. The UK could care less where the cash comes from as it props up the FTSE and half the financial firms in London.
exactly 😡🙃😶🙈
Why should we be surprised? The wealth of the UK and the royal family come from robbing India dry, trading in slaves, smuggling opium to China, and looting the riches of the colonies. In the past the Brits did their own dirty work, now they get the world's mafia to do it for them.
@@franko1904 yes, forgot the pirates...vs Galeon españoles
He’s now just a “millionaire” 😭
Was looking for this comment 💀
*he is doing really bad... he just got only MILLIONS...😋*
It must have hurt.
Informative. Thank you!
"The Baron Lebedev of Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames and of Siberia in the Russian Federation." That's Lebedev's official title in the House of Lords. And he owns a whole bunch of British newspapers.
All the money in the world cNnot buy him a good reputation or buy his salvation. You can only get it from Jesus Christ.
@@sigiloXXX It's "Bouquet" 🤣
@@ClaireCorinthos Nicely Done
@@ClaireCorinthos 🤣🤣🤣🤣
You think this is new? even Bernie Sanders is one of these people, he even had his Honeymoon in Russia.
I may be wrong, but was this also what was going on in Cyprus? It’s a well-known fact that Russian loans helped Cyprus a great deal during their financial crisis. A lot of Russians live in Cyprus and in recent years it has become a financial hub due to its low taxes.
You’re not wrong - you’re very much right
Also a hub for scammers, specifically crypto.
@@ekesa07632 Thanks. I have a feeling there is a lot of money laundering happening with some Cypriot banks. Are you in Cyprus?
@@patriciamillin1977 no I’m not and never was :/ but Cyprus still remains a money laundering favorite. I really recommend going thru work of OCCRP as they write a lot about this stuff
your comment corresponds with my comment actually....think about it, let the crooks bail out the countries the eu can't n if it goes wrong then we have all their money to fight back with
Yep... As an Englishman we know Russia money has poured into our capital ITV had done a good job in reporting it. But unfortunately they didn't continue ringing that bell. I know now Russia played a role in the U.K's Brexit. Now we have an incompetent government that seem to be hoping from situation to situation very badly.
What’s you’re solution vote for Labour?
Who told you Russia played a role in brexit? Same people that told you Russia colluded with trump? Same people that told you the current American presidents family aren’t racketeering in Ukraine and China?
Regular people voted for Brexit as labour market was overloaded with East European immigrants. I am east European myself but do understand this point of view.
@@Bogna1 but the Brits refuse to do the low paid work manual labor these immigrants do. They cry the immigrants work for less but by law its minimum wage. The fat Brits would rather claim benefits and stay home smoking and drinking saying there is no work.
Wonder why so many in the GOP suddenly worship Putin? Maybe someone should follow the money?
Bingo, Cha-ching, Jackpot, 777. Show the GOP da money.
Let's start with Hunter Biden.
It's only coming out now because of the 2017-2021 yrs of the 🍊 Cheetoe TRAITOR in DC... W ALL the HS w him and his RUSSIAN $$. ....if ANYBODY IS YO BLAME per se it's Cheetoe TRAITOR.... putPIG NEEDED HOM in DC to pull off Ukraine.... Cheetoe TRAITOR went away and THIS is the result.....the fact that Britain 🇬🇧💖 has a worse problem w Russia is 😭😢😭. Is there ANY FIXING OF ANY OF THIS!!!?🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦🌹💖🦋🌍🌎👀
That's the problem, isn't it? After laundry it is hard to tell where it comes from, it is legal money. And it can be used to funnel elections with impunity.
4 million dollars in donations!! LOL the “lion’s share”. That’s peanuts for these guys, including the British political parties.
Just “repatriate” the real estate for the benefit of the British People.
Бриты страна пиратов
The squatters need to take over every Russian bought property. The rich British real estate agent tycoons have helped robbed the Russian country and are traitors to democracy. They should be on the sanction list as well. England's sister country Canada's tyrant seized thousands of bank accounts of its own law abiding citizens, those British crooks should be considered 100 times worse. In fact there is no comparison at all. Every pound of profit they made was stolen money they are living fat on, while Russians basically starve. I'm sure there are plenty of American fat cats guilty of the same thing. Most real estate agents disgust me.
For Ukraine.
Yeah. Seriously! 💜
You obviously didn't see the video of pro Ukrainian protestors occupying a Russian oligarch's mansion two weeks ago.The London metropolitan police turned up in 20 vans within 30 minutes to evict the protestors,quite a super concierge service we offer to the filthy rich here in the UK!
Londongrad, Londonistan, Londonia...London is home to so many cultures
All it takes for evil to triumph is for "good" men to do nothing
I wouldn't call them 'good ' men.
Where are the good men?
@@bonnierobinson8684 There aren't a lot around unfortunately. Narcissism rules
And yet, the Russia report still hasn't been released. Can't imagine why.
Will show who Putin puddels are. Who Torys want that.
They weren't complacent, they were pro-active. 100%
Rachel Maddow's "Blowout" goes into great detail about Khodorkovsky and the other Russian Oligarchs and the Russian Mafia-economy. Great Read!
Maddow is a dunce. Read Catherine Belton’s “Putin’s People”.
She's got a few books that are amazing 👏
What’s the definition of a mafia economy? Are you sure American economy won’t fit the bill?
For too long Britain have been a safe heaven for stolen money. Yes, are we talking about British indian company🤦🏿♂️ That city was built on that😭🤣🤣
Careful when opening that can of worms...
"Blood money stains the human minds, bodies, and souls, with unforgettable and unforgivable memories and sins." Alexander Tran
This sounds all too familiar to me for the some reason. Some Russians purchased property at one of Trump locations in South Florida and its listed under a L.L.C. with no name listed on paperwork. This gets really deep when it comes to dirty money.
You need to make dirty money clean so you can spend it ! A empty Condo in Panama that brings in money, that works !
and they payed him a fortune, nearly 3 times of what it was actually worth!
Also at DUMTY TRAITOR tower in NY
@@richardg1426 stfu about Trump. Literally has zero to do w this. .
@More Monkeys all politicians r... DUMPTY CHEETOE tho is way beyond corrupt in the business arena....he really wasn't a politician per se till he was in DC....not that I followed him. But I knew in 2015 who and what he was/is our country didn't benefit having him there. Except to show how deep and far INTO OUR gov it really is. Along w other countries Russia for one Britain 🇬🇧💖 for another....IMO the beginning of WW3 is here. Stay safe and prepare 💖🦋🇺🇸🇺🇦
Why would they think messing with their money would make a Lunatic back off? His heightened fury now proves this.
I really wish all you people would get it through your head that the goal of sanctioning oligarchs is to stop the flow of money for Putin's war. And other sanctions to cripple the Russian economy to put pressure on Putin to stop the war. And as well, hopefully put pressure on the Russian population to get rid of their dictator.
Fabulous journalism!
Very illuminating!
Thank you for an important news story. I would like to see another video about the connection between Russia and Brexit.
Zero connection. Listen Nigel Farage.
Okay, I'll bite. Why do you think there's a connection?
@@cannibalbunnygirl Plenty of reasons. Here is a good place to begin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
@@larslarsen5414 Hmm. Interesting. Neo-eurasianism, there's a large amount of work involved and i don't think it would all pay off but its certainly plausible this is being used as a playbook atm
@@cannibalbunnygirl In 1997 Aleksandr Dugin suggested three primary means by which Russia could regain status as a global super power: 1) Annex Ukriane 2) Become closer ally with Iran 3) Convince the UK to leave the EU (through destabilization and misinformation). Remember: The UK is the by far most important military power in Europe and the by far most important financial power in Europe. The current result of Brexit and the war in Ukraine is not a weaker Europe but an overall stronger NATO. But who knows what will happen in the long run? The UK and the EU are now rivals.
We've known this for years. Everyone knew.
Who do you blame? Where does the buck stop?
Glad to hear Dominic Grieve again!
Good ! Give us more
Yes, it is a sad affair that Russia is in such a state, and no wonder how Putin gets his own way. Personally, I think that the UK has allowed this to go on as if nothing was wrong with it. Like someone else has commented the people in the UK who allowed this to go on then they should be prosecuted as well. I also think that the general UK public is being duped by their own government because to say they did not know what was and is going on and should have at least a royal inquiry into this matter. How on earth can a Russian oligarch be admitted to the house of lords it is so ridiculous and so obvious some corruption has gone on - where will it all end??
it will end atAarmageddon
@@pennytuppence2000 Yes Penny that is a distinct possibility but my main concern and indignation being an ex-pat Englishman living in Australia is the fact that being a foreigner and being so rich that he could buy his way into the British aristocracy is an affront to all true English and British people. It is all very galling that this was allowed to happen and I think that the powers that permitted this to go on should be investigated as to their position in this Russian being admitted to the House of Lords it just smacks of corruption. I am not some ultra-conservative person but I feel it impinges on my heritage as an Englishman and all British people.
We all need to make sacrifices (e.g., higher energy and food bills) as if we're in a world war. Our parents and grandparents did so, now our turn.
Bull$hit. It's corporate greed.
Nonsense. You can make sacrifices if you want. But none of it matters.
@@Originalman144 is that how it was in WW2 as well? My parents' families made sacrifices. Who won then?
@@Kim-lc3fv Back then there were less corrupt government, make sacrifices all you want but a nuclear and rich Russia will always strangle the corrupt EU. Why do you think you still give billions for Russian gas and oil while Ukrainians die? That is no sacrifice. You still enjoy Russian gas, who are you deceiving?? 😂
@@Kim-lc3fv No, it’s not a world war. Your premise is false, comparing two totally different situations. Europe is stabbing themselves in the leg thinking they are going to spite Putin.
Not surprised. I've seen many real estate shows about them buying houses etc.
"4 million dollars since 2012!" ** Laughs in American **
As i read a bit of history, this love of crime wealth is what made London wealthy and they have been at for a 1000 years.
exactly
So has every major city, but I get your point
1000 years? And you get thumbs up for that? Must be from the guys who think youtube is a university.
The UK government knew about this from day one - this is all about greed. Citizenship in a different country should always be something that you earn, by working hard, learning the local customs and language. It should never be something that you can just "buy" and then treat the massive amounts of property that you purchase like a savings account. So many Londoners have been priced out from the property market because of these Golden Visa schemes. This really has to stop because if you walk around the wealthiest areas of London, you're unlikely to find anyone who is British and this is a problem all over the UK. For a country that constantly cirticises other countries about corruption, here is the irony.
we've done more in the UK than the US has since this conflict, keep up
Lord Lebedev of Hampton and Siberia is where it's at. Really cool title. Must be a cool guy too.
This is what happens when you destroy your manufacturing base and have to rely on the financial market to prop up your tax haven state. The only good thing i can see is that a lot of russian money and property is now tied up for the unforeseen future.
Maddy Vlady Gotta Go❕
Money = power = corruption
Yes, the same is seen in the UK. Royal family has a lot of money, is powerful, and criminals up to pedophilia for which taxpayers pay in full
Twitter before Musk. I hope he cleans house.
@@bngr_bngr sounds like twitter hurt you. Truth social doesn't fit your needs?
UK has always been crooks along with the Russian's .
Not only that...it was a catalyst for Brexit being voted for by a tiny margin. We know now that it was a Putin interest first and foremost
Yes, although it is ironic that Brexit ended up making the EU more united and more decisive, instead of the opposite as it was intended. 😂
Not really, the catalyst for Brexit was uncontrolled migration.
A country should have borders of all types. Electronic, data, currency etc. This is what makes it a defined country.
One look at Dover shows Brexiteers are utterly incapable of controlling UK borders..... xenophobic and completely incompetent - lucky me ;)
How are American borders doing?
@@heybabycometobutthead America has no borders.... ha ha ha
Grad simply means city. "Gorad" would be a much better transcription. Reporters don't bother and massacre the pronunciation.
“Grad” is an ancient variation of the modern word “gorod”. It can also be used. In Russia there is a TV show "Londongrad"
Very good interviewer. Richard Pryor ?
Oligarch Ravi Tikko had the monopoly of The Trans Artic Sea Lanes since 1970 . Has a beautiful well secured Villa in Hampshire. Allan.
"Transforming thugs into aristocrats 24/7"
When it comes to governments, money ALWAYS talks!
I have the feeling the situation is no different in Vienna, Paris, Zürich......
What about Miamigrad, New Yorkgrad,L os Angelesgrad.....I lived several years in Aventura, North Miami Dade and use to dine in a nearby small City called Sunny Isles where the most expensive properties by the beach are located and I can say that there are Russians everywhere so why 60 minutes does not say anything about Russian and other nationalities oligarchs money inflows to USA?
To me Dominic Grieve is a modern hero. He is what British politicians were, principled.
The British are very good at being theatrical
Do a segment on Miami and NYC next
On you all .
Conservative governments, anywhere in the world, tend more toward corruption than liberals ones. The reason is the common conservative ideology of government regulations strangling business. But without those regulations, it is normal human nature for people with a love of money to gradually test the boundaries of legality, of what they can get away with, until they get government pushback. Under conservatives, that pushback comes way too late.
A very British mentality. The Spiders Web. Offshore Secret Tax havens.
10:52 Lord Evgeny Lebedev. KGB agent 🤣 Britain so f@cked up 🤣 😂
"Business as usual, good good , now to notate a list of which of these corporations to invest in, nyah! " - Snidely Whiplash , Mustache Person
Thank you for calling out my governments complicity.
It is important to remember that there are many who benefited, because the English did not open the floodgates to the Russian oligarchs out of altruism. And of course to protect this dirty money they had to get out of the EU because it was going after tax evasion. Yes, Brexit was financed on a grand scale with Russian money, all of which was used to fund campaigns to stir up discontent in the various population groups.
sounds logical,
is there any chance to send bojo a comb?
QE2 should revoke the granting of life peerage from the British PM. This is definitely dangerous to UK and it should be the responsibility of the Royal Family and the House of Lords. 😨😨
the root of ALL EVIL, has no master
True.
£1 million investment visas would be better because these would include things bought beyond property and increase the cash flow cycle.
Nationalize their assets.
The city of London is outside of British regulation. The golden mile has always had financial independence. It was the City of London that broke the siege of Derry in Northern Ireland, hence the change and controversy of the cognomen of Londonderry. London has always provided from the misery of the helpless innocents.
You've got a few of things wrong there. Firstly, there's no such place as "The Golden Mile" in London. "The Golden Mile' is a dilapidated tourist area in Blackpool. Were you referring to "The Square Mile"? If so, then the financial services industry in Britain is well within British regulation, and is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Stupidity should be painful. Peace Love and Democracy 💜☮️💜
60 Minutes needs to a story about the US tax Havens of Delaware, South Dakota, Florida, Texas, Alaska, Nevada, etc. The Pandora Papers detailed among other things the use of those states to hide money, assets and avoid taxes.
If I was the queen I’d dissolve parliament over this, and hold an instant election
You think the Queen wants to risk her finances being investigated??
The Queen can only dissolve parliament at the request of the Prime Minister. She cannot exercise her constitutional powers of her own volition.
She can’t do that
If she did the English electorate would re-elect Boris Johnson and she would have to do it all over again. The Little Englanders have proven that they have no problem with corrupt politicians.
The only thing the Queen should do is abdicate. No place for monarchy in the 21st century.
g r e e d is powerful
I’m still asking or singing How much is that doggie in the window . People look at me as if I’m crazy but ask yourself. How much is that doggie ?
- I was thinking... are we the baddies? - Shut up and keep cashing the money!
Mitchel snd Webb lol
Incredible that the lebedev guy got elected. *edit: not elected, appointed ☝️* Astonishing that I only hear about this now.
Appointed not elected.
Lord lebedev of Siberia , is his actual uk title in House of Lords ,, crazy , and he owns two of the London newspapers, one of them laughably is called the Independent
@@edgewalker7459 😳🤔🤯😒🙄😵
@@M.M0709 Apologies. Even worse.
@@edgewalker7459 And he’s best mates with Boris Johnson.
dont worry there's always the Saudis.
Yes, Britain, you are
its easy to talk about it now...But 60 min and friends kept very quiet when the Uk invited them 3 decades ago
Since you're pointing at the UK, don't forget to point at your own country 60 Minutes. The US immigration system is just as bad, with folks who have money and connections getting the nod in front of legitimate immigrants who waited patiently in line, doing the right thing. I have had the pleasure of attending a few oath of citizenship events, once in a while, you spot some of those folks in the event because unlike everyone else, they are usually have immigration escorts with them, have reserved seats, and are wearing designer clothes. And that's just the regular folks with money, pretty sure the really well connected folks and lots of money don't even have to go to such an event as the event is probably brought to them privately by a sea of lawyers. Not hating, just saying.
Rupert Murdoch
is lost on me, was there twice, there was always as problem. dont need that,
@@breakingbadheisenberg9703 evil man