Peter and Oliver will be joined by Dr. Elisabeth Schimpfossl, whose newly published Rich Russians, from Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie, takes a deep dive into the lives of the most famous group of super-rich on the planet.
Oliver Bullough – chairs our Kleptoscope series that investigates corruption and dirty money in London. Bullough is an award-winning journalist and the author of two books about Russian history and politics, The Last Man in Russia and Let Our Fame be Great and now Moneyland, why thieves and crooks now rule the world and how to take it back. He is also an expert guide for the Kleptocracy Tours initiative, which exposes money laundering via property in London.
Peter Pomerantsev is a Soviet-born British journalist, author and TV producer. He is also a visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics. He specialises in propaganda and media development, and has testified on the challenges of information war to the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the UK Parliament Defence Select Committee. He writes for publications including the Financial Times, London Review of Books, Politico, Atlantic and many others. His book on Russian propaganda, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, won the 2016 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, was nominated for the Samuel Johnson, Guardian First Book, Pushkin House and Gordon Burns Prizes. It is translated into over a dozen languages. He is working on his next book, which looks at developments in the ‘battle for hearts and minds’ across the world.
Dr. Elisabeth Schimpfossl is Lecturer in Sociology and Policy at Aston University. Her research focuses on Russia’s new upper class, as well as media and journalism. Her book Rich Russians: From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie (Oxford University Press) was published in May 2018.
Guy Shrubsole is a writer and campaigner on issues of land transparency, who runs the blog Who Owns England?
]]>Since December John Penrose MP has been the government’s anti-corruption champion. Elected for Weston Super Mare in 2005, he drives delivery of Britain’s anti-corruption strategy, and seeks to bolster the nation’s effort against financial crime.
Margaret Hodge MP has become parliament’s most consistent and outspoken opponent of corruption and corporate tax dodging. Elected for Barking in 1994, she served as a minister in Tony Blair’s and Gordon Brown’s governments, before chairing the Public Accounts Committee when it launched ground-breaking investigations into a number of major corporations.
Susan Hawley is policy director at Corruption Watch, having previously worked at the Corner House and Christian Aid. Her investigative work resulted in the conviction of the first British company for overseas corruption in September 2009. Her detailed policy work has resulted in the creation and funding of an overseas corruption police unit and the inclusion of a new corporate offence with regard to overseas bribery in the recent Anti-bribery Act in the UK.
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