Murder, misinformation and money-laundering: Weapons in the arsenal of the Russian state
Dominic Kavakeb, 16 December 2019
Just hours before the British public was set to go to the polls to elect a new Government, Global Witness was hosting an important and timely discussion on the global influence of Putin’s Russia in the UK.
From Russian troll factories to the spread of misinformation, accusations of Russian interference in global democratic processes have increasingly come to the fore. At the same time flows of Russian money, obscured by anonymous company ownership, have been at the centre of countless money laundering scandals. And from Alexander Litvinenko to Sergei Skripal assassination attempts on Russian nationals in the UK have regularly hit the headlines.
But what do these phenomena all have in common? They all represent different tools used by the Russian state to exert influence around the world, according to a panel convened by Global Witness in London on 11th December 2019.
