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Raster

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5. for all practical purposes, London is Moscow on the Thames...

Reply to mia (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:34 PM

Mar 2022

...and the second home of choice for Oligarchs and their money. Russian money FLOODS London. Much of the ultra high-end real estate in Mayfair and Belgravia is Russian owned.

And let's be brutally frank: Certain members of the British government are also Russian owned. Looking at you, Boris Johnson.

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