Revealed: The knights, peers and even members of the Royal Family who are now on the payroll of Russian oligarchs
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Revealed: The knights, peers and even members of the Royal Family who are now on the payroll of Russian oligarchs
‘With a cynical grin, Russian business magnate Kirill Babayev told an audience of his peers how to inveigle their way into the British Establishment.
The first step, he declared, is to hire a few ‘grey-haired’ members of the House of Lords to act as ‘consultants’, or non-executive directors, of your company.
For just a few thousand pounds a month (chicken-feed to the average oligarch) they’ll usually agree to take a seat in your boardroom, Babayev said, providing an instant boost to a wealthy Russian’s prestige and contacts book.’
