Briton involved in Sudan oil drill 9 June 2005 Channel 4 News A Channel 4 News investigation has discovered that the Khartoum government has signed a 25-year contract with a consortium to […]
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Secret World of the Chelsea Oil Tycoon (Evening Standard)
He is at the centre of the new scramble for Africa but few have heard of him. A bitter struggle with his former lawyer, however, has opened the door on the remarkable life of Friedhlem […]
Reubens sue Russian oligarch for £159m in row over metal deal (Evening Standard)
Reubens sue Russian oligarch for £159m in row over metal deal By Adrian Gatton and Brendan Malkin 12 April, 2005 Evening Standard Billionaires Simon and David Reuben are to sue Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, recently […]
Mugabe’s party raised millions from British residents, Foreign Office told (Independent on Sunday)
Mugabe’s party raised millions from British residents, Foreign Office told By Mark Olden and Adrian Gatton Independent on Sunday 27 March 2005 Allegations have come to light that a businessman has raised millions of pounds […]
Oleg Deripaska faces $300m claim in fallout from aluminium wars (Metal Bulletin)
Oleg Deripaska faces $300m claim in fallout from aluminium wars14 March 2005Metal Bulletin Four dealmakers at the cutting edge of Russia’s aluminium privatisations allegedly met in London in 1995 to join hands as partners in […]
Scarred by the aluminium wars, Oleg the oligarch steels himself for a new battle (Independent on Sunday)
Scarred by the aluminium wars, Oleg the oligarch steels himself for a new battle He’s gone from Siberia to Belgravia, but now Russia’s second-richest man faces a $300m lawsuit over a joint venture that turned […]
Thatcher and the Failed Coup (BBC Documentary)
Thatcher and the Failed Coup (BBC3 Investigates) BBC3 Television 24 January 2005 Programme made for BBC’s now defunct BBC3 Investigates series. For the last 10 months, detail after detail about the disastrous attempt to mount […]
Bacardi indictment draws top Republican into donation row
Bacardi indictment draws top Republican into donation row By Adrian Gatton The Independent on Sunday 26 September 2004 Bacardi has been indicted by a Texas grand jury on charges of making an illegal $20,000 (£13,600) […]
Mark Thatcher Arrested (Channel 4 News)
Mark Thatcher Arrest: Plans to Leave Country Channel 4 News 26 August 2004 The mystery surrounding Sir Mark Thatcher’s arrest in South Africa has deepened. Police have claimed he was planning to leave the country […]
London-based oligarchs face cash probe (Independent on Sunday)
London-based oligarchs face cash probe Billionaires who ‘practically own the Kazakh government’ under investigation for money laundering. Adrian Gatton reports The Independent on Sunday 08 August 2004 Three London-based oligarchs from Kazakhstan, who are understood […]
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