'The Professor and the Trolls', New Podcast Episode Out

Westminster is caught up in bitter Brexit debates and Trump’s first term in office is getting mired in investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Suddenly the two worlds collide in the form of an enigmatic Maltese professor, Joseph Mifsud, revealed in the unsealing of FBI indictments. 

Sergei is disgusted with the atmosphere pervading British politics. Meanwhile, new trolling tactics of the Russian embassy, echoed by some on UK political fringes, take a threatening turn, directed not least against Carole and the then UK Prime Minister, Theresa May.

How much does the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, know about suspected Russian interference in British elections and referendums? "Not a sausage", it turns out.

Head over to Spotify, Apple, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts to catch the latest episode of Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring, 'The Professor and the Trolls'!

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‘SERGEI & THE WESTMINSTER SPY RING’, PODCAST OUT NOW! - The Citizens

From exclusive parties at the Russian Embassy to the corridors of Westminster, journalists Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes – with the help of Conservative party whistleblower Sergei Cristo – expose an alleged secret spy ring operating at the very heart of the British political system. This is the untold story of the most audacious Russian influence operation […]

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👾 Meet Joseph Mifsud, the mysterious Maltese professor who in 2017 emerged as “a central figure in the (FBI) criminal investigation into possible collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign,” via London.

👾 When news broke that Mifsud had met Boris Johnson, then Foreign Secretary, both Johnson and the Foreign Office denied it — until a photo of the two together surfaced.

👾 Check out the article that put Carole in the spotlight and provoked an aggressive reaction from the Russian Embassy. The online video she later received, that she describes as "a threat wrapped as a joke," made her realise for the first time the harmful potential of social media.