Britain is severing financial links with Russia at a blistering pace
Among other measures is a long-delayed bill aimed at flushing out dirty money, whatever the source
ON THE EVENING of March 2nd Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire who owns Chelsea football club, announced his decision to sell it. Net proceeds are to be placed in a fund for “all victims of the war in Ukraine”. After days in which he was battered in the press and in Parliament, it was, he said, “in the best interest of the Club”.
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Britain March 5th 2022
- The fight over Scottish independence appears to be deadlocked
- When it comes to refugees, Britons are both harsh and liberal
- England’s special-education system is on its knees
- Britain is severing financial links with Russia at a blistering pace
- The age of marriage is being raised in England and Wales
- “The Trojan Horse Affair” reignites a row over radicalisation in schools
- The rise and fall of Londongrad
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