'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', Episode 3 Out Now
Conservative whistleblower Sergei Cristo and journalists Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes uncover a story that forms one small corner of Vladimir Putin’s plot against the West.
With seemingly little interest from MI5 in Sergei’s concerns around what he believes to be an illegal offer of Russian funds into the Conservative party, he looks for other ways to raise the alarm.
And after the success of the Conservative Friends of Russia launch party, the Russian embassy opens up a new charm offensive, inviting bloggers and social media specialists to ‘digital barbecues’ within their sumptuous surroundings.
Insider Steven Lacey takes us on his journey down the rabbit hole of Russian propaganda.
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👾 Our podcast offers you some evidence that MI5 underestimated the power of Russian active measures around the Brexit referendum and subsequent elections. In this powerful oped Sergei Cristo, the whistleblower behind Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring, warns about the real, present and overlooked threats from abroad.
👾 How did the ‘special friendship’ between the Russian Embassy and the Tories start? Take a peek into the Reception hosted by former Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko on August 21, 2012, to mark the establishment of the Conservative Friends of Russia.
👾 In this piece for Byline Times, Steven Lacey speaks to Sian Norris about why he fell for pro-Putin disinformation: “It wasn’t so much that I fell in love with what Putin was doing, I just questioned everything and didn’t believe what I was being told – instead just focusing on the counter-narrative the whole time."
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