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Goldsmith affair exposes New Labour's Putin connection
It's not 'left-wing apologists' in Britain that have helped Putin on his way, it's the Tory and Labour right who were happy to see a strong-man autocrat in power to protect their business interests, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair holds a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G8 Summit in Germany
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THIS FEBRUARY Labour Lord Peter Goldsmith took a “leave of absence” from the House of Lords, because he did not want to give the details of his foreign clients.
Goldsmith, who was a key minister in Tony Blair’s government, is a lawyer running a firm with many Russian clients. Goldsmith “personally provided services” to the Russian government in 2021, according to the Register of Lords’ Interests.
Last May Goldsmith also represented Sberbank, the Russian state-owned bank. Sberbank is seen as so close to Putin’s government that it was sanctioned in Britain, the US and EU after Putin launched his bloody war on Ukraine.
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