Londongrad: from Russia with Cash
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The Amazing True Story of How London Became Home to the Russian Super-Rich. A dazzling tale of incredible wealth, ferocious disputes, beautiful women, private jets, mega-yachts, the world"s best footballers - and chauffeur-driven Range Rovers with tinted windows.
A Group of Buccaneering Russian Oligarchs Made Colossal Fortunes after the Collapse of Communism - And Many of them Came to London to Enjoy New -Fund Wealth. Londongrad tells for the first time the true story of their journeys from Moscow and St Petersburg to mansions in Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Surrey - and takes you into a shimmering world of audacious multi-billion pound deals, outrageous spending and rancorous feuds.
But While London"s Flashiest Restaurants Echood to Russia Laughter and Bond Street Shop-Cowners Totted Up Their Profits, Darker Events Played Themselves Out. The killing of ex-KGB man Alexander Litvinenko in London to the death - in a helicopter crash he all but predicted - of Stephen Curtis, the lawyer to many of Britain"s richest Russians, chilled London"s Russians and many of those who know them.
This is the story of how Russia"s wealth was harvested and brought to London - some of it spent by Roman Abramovich on his beloved Chelsea Football Club, some of it spent by Boris Berezovsky in his battles with Russia"s all-powerful Vladimir Putin . LondonGrad is a mustard for Anyone Interest in How Vast Wealth Is Created, The Luxury It Can Buy and the Power and Intrigue It Produce
A Group of Buccaneering Russian Oligarchs Made Colossal Fortunes after the Collapse of Communism - And Many of them Came to London to Enjoy New -Fund Wealth. Londongrad tells for the first time the true story of their journeys from Moscow and St Petersburg to mansions in Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Surrey - and takes you into a shimmering world of audacious multi-billion pound deals, outrageous spending and rancorous feuds.
But While London"s Flashiest Restaurants Echood to Russia Laughter and Bond Street Shop-Cowners Totted Up Their Profits, Darker Events Played Themselves Out. The killing of ex-KGB man Alexander Litvinenko in London to the death - in a helicopter crash he all but predicted - of Stephen Curtis, the lawyer to many of Britain"s richest Russians, chilled London"s Russians and many of those who know them.
This is the story of how Russia"s wealth was harvested and brought to London - some of it spent by Roman Abramovich on his beloved Chelsea Football Club, some of it spent by Boris Berezovsky in his battles with Russia"s all-powerful Vladimir Putin . LondonGrad is a mustard for Anyone Interest in How Vast Wealth Is Created, The Luxury It Can Buy and the Power and Intrigue It Produce
Author:
Author:Hollingsworth Mark, Lansley Stewart
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Cover:Soft
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Publication Language:English
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Paper:Newspaper
ISBN:
ISBN:978-0-00-735637-9
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