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Jim Fitzpatrick
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Jan 23, 2023
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EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION - A vast cache of hacked material from Russia has shed new light on how the UK govt helped warlord Prigozhin mount a targeted legal attack on a journalist in London. This is
#londongrad
writ large.
https://www.
opendemocracy.net/en/prigozhin-g
overnment-russia-ukraine-hack-libel-slapp/
…
opendemocracy.net/en/prigozhin-g…
Exclusive: Treasury helped Putin ally sue UK journalist
If you’re interested, there’s much more on other aspects of the case here in this brilliant piece by
@Alice Speri
in
@The Intercept
https://
theintercept.com/2022/10/19/rus
sia-hack-wagner-group-yevgeny-prigozhin/
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theintercept.com/2022/10/19/rus…
Inside the Aggressive Legal War to Shield the Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group
And don’t stop there. Read the original investigation by
@Bellingcat
which caused Prigozhin to target
@Eliot Higgins
(at this stage Prigozhin denied not only his control but also Wagner’s very existence)
https://www.
bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu
rope/2020/08/14/pmc-structure-exposed/
…
bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
Putin Chef's Kisses of Death: Russia's Shadow Army's State-Run Structure Exposed - bellingcat
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Jim Fitzpatrick
@jimfitznews
Investigative Reporter with @openDemocracy. Digging into dark/dirty money. Shining a light on lawfare (#SLAPP cases)
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