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Londongrad must fall – or the US could raze it to the ground

Loopholes in UK financial law have long enabled London firms to launder oligarchs’ wealth. Here’s why America is getting impatient

Londongrad must fall – or the US could raze it to the ground
A protester in London holds a 'Seize Londongrad Assets' placard
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It is now clear that the country that has acted as the key enabler for Russian kleptocracy for the past few decades is the United Kingdom.

What is less clear is how far London is willing to go to take responsibility for this role, and to clean up its own backyard.

Despite recent rhetoric, London still remains wide open for oligarchic wealth, moving and laundering untold billions with few checks, keeping these transnational money-laundering networks cycling.