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City firms slammed for being ‘enablers’ for Russian elite

Successive UK governments 'welcomed the oligarchs and their money with open arms, providing them with a means of recycling illicit finance', report says

The Russia report has vilified accountants and lawyers for being part of a “growth industry of enablers” who “manage and lobby for the Russian elite” in the UK.

The long-awaited report was published on 21 July by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.

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