Londongrad – Episode 3: Project Venus | FULL PODCAST EPISODE

This is Londongrad, Tortoise's podcast series on how the Lebedev family partied their way to power. In the series, Paul Caruana Galizia explores how Russian money flooded into the UK and the ramifications it had on the political climate.

Episode 3: There comes a moment in any successful invasion of a country when you can no longer hide, your plans have to become obvious. It’s a moment of jeopardy but if you can get through it – as Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev did in Britain when they bought first the Evening Standard and later The Independent – then the scale of your ambitions can shift dramatically.