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By Michael Weiss

Britain's Conservatives are rolling out the carpet for Vladimir Putin's wealthy oligarchs. 

When most people think of British-Russian relations,
they imagine Bond films, iron curtains, Cambridge double agents, irradiated
dissidents, and billionaire oligarchs who dress like Evelyn Waugh but behave
like Tony Soprano and then sue each other in London courts. But there’s another
element underwriting this not-so-special relationship.
 

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