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Londongrad: From Russia with Cash; The Inside Story of the Oligarchs
Mark Hollingsworth
Stewart Lansley
The amazing true story of how London became home to the Russian super-rich – told for the first time ever. 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 their new-found 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 echoed to Russian laughter and Bond Street shop-owners totted up their profits, darker events also 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 must-read for anyone interested in how vast wealth is created, the luxury it can buy, and the power and intrigue it produces.
MARK HOLLINGSWORTH AND STEWART LANSLEY
LONDON GRAD
FROM RUSSIA WITH CASH
THE INSIDE STORY OF THE OLIGARCHS
‘There are no barriers to a rich man’
- Russian proverb
Table of Contents
Cover Page (#u527fceae-e591-558b-a1b9-4c4e603e38a8)
Title Page (#ud9591191-588e-51f3-a1fa-a59e08730f90)
Epigraph (#ue6b11061-6bbf-566c-9cee-4efeaa1bea34)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (#ubfeaeae5-721b-56c4-8982-6b3288364988)
CHAPTER 1 The Man Who Knew Too Much (#u219419f1-1f2f-5f7f-8eee-480615be811b)
CHAPTER 2 The Russian Billionaires’ Club (#u47fe73b0-c40a-56ab-9178-fb81bee5a3b8)
CHAPTER 3 Putin’s Purge (#uab50dca5-e049-5022-b6d1-d383e5cd9e63)
CHAPTER 4 Hiding the Money (#uba2fa31a-96db-55f0-9bed-86a98ba83188)
CHAPTER 5 The Russians Have Landed (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 6 Boys with Toys (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 7 The Big Game Hunters (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 8 The Curse of Yukos (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 9 Plotting Revolution (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 10 Murder Inc. (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 11 Showdown (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 12 Paint the Town Red (#litres_trial_promo)
BIBLIOGRAPHY (#litres_trial_promo)
NOTES (#litres_trial_promo)
INDEX (#litres_trial_promo)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (#litres_trial_promo)
Photo Insert (#litres_trial_promo)
Also by Mark Hollingsworth and Stewart Lansley (#litres_trial_promo)
Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (#ulink_776ec24c-b3bd-5c56-a348-104702381591)
Roman Abramovich and Daria Zhukova © Big Pictures
Chelsea win the Premier League © Reuters
Mikhail Khodorkovsky © Camera Press
Vladimir Putin and Oleg Deripaska © PA
Boris Yeltsin and Boris Berezovsky © PA
Boris Berezovsky in Surrey © Camera Press
Alexander Lebedev, Mikhail Gorbachev and Bono © Getty Images
Evgeny Lebedev, Mikhail Gorbachev and Geordie Greig © Getty Images
Naomi Campbell and Vladimir Doronin © Big Pictures
Pelorus in St Petersburg © PA
Helicopter in Sardinia © Big Pictures
Roman Abramovich’s Boeing 767 © Rex Features
Natalia Vodianova and Justin Portman © PA
Damien Hirst and Daria Zhukova © Getty Images
Christian Candy and Nick Candy © Getty Images
Mark Hollingsworth
Stewart Lansley
The amazing true story of how London became home to the Russian super-rich – told for the first time ever. 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 their new-found 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 echoed to Russian laughter and Bond Street shop-owners totted up their profits, darker events also 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 must-read for anyone interested in how vast wealth is created, the luxury it can buy, and the power and intrigue it produces.
MARK HOLLINGSWORTH AND STEWART LANSLEY
LONDON GRAD
FROM RUSSIA WITH CASH
THE INSIDE STORY OF THE OLIGARCHS
‘There are no barriers to a rich man’
- Russian proverb
Table of Contents
Cover Page (#u527fceae-e591-558b-a1b9-4c4e603e38a8)
Title Page (#ud9591191-588e-51f3-a1fa-a59e08730f90)
Epigraph (#ue6b11061-6bbf-566c-9cee-4efeaa1bea34)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (#ubfeaeae5-721b-56c4-8982-6b3288364988)
CHAPTER 1 The Man Who Knew Too Much (#u219419f1-1f2f-5f7f-8eee-480615be811b)
CHAPTER 2 The Russian Billionaires’ Club (#u47fe73b0-c40a-56ab-9178-fb81bee5a3b8)
CHAPTER 3 Putin’s Purge (#uab50dca5-e049-5022-b6d1-d383e5cd9e63)
CHAPTER 4 Hiding the Money (#uba2fa31a-96db-55f0-9bed-86a98ba83188)
CHAPTER 5 The Russians Have Landed (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 6 Boys with Toys (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 7 The Big Game Hunters (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 8 The Curse of Yukos (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 9 Plotting Revolution (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 10 Murder Inc. (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 11 Showdown (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 12 Paint the Town Red (#litres_trial_promo)
BIBLIOGRAPHY (#litres_trial_promo)
NOTES (#litres_trial_promo)
INDEX (#litres_trial_promo)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (#litres_trial_promo)
Photo Insert (#litres_trial_promo)
Also by Mark Hollingsworth and Stewart Lansley (#litres_trial_promo)
Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (#ulink_776ec24c-b3bd-5c56-a348-104702381591)
Roman Abramovich and Daria Zhukova © Big Pictures
Chelsea win the Premier League © Reuters
Mikhail Khodorkovsky © Camera Press
Vladimir Putin and Oleg Deripaska © PA
Boris Yeltsin and Boris Berezovsky © PA
Boris Berezovsky in Surrey © Camera Press
Alexander Lebedev, Mikhail Gorbachev and Bono © Getty Images
Evgeny Lebedev, Mikhail Gorbachev and Geordie Greig © Getty Images
Naomi Campbell and Vladimir Doronin © Big Pictures
Pelorus in St Petersburg © PA
Helicopter in Sardinia © Big Pictures
Roman Abramovich’s Boeing 767 © Rex Features
Natalia Vodianova and Justin Portman © PA
Damien Hirst and Daria Zhukova © Getty Images
Christian Candy and Nick Candy © Getty Images