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Dispatches: Strippers, Spies and Russian Money: Dispatches

Series 1632, episode 0

Directed by (unconfirmed)
Claire Burnett
,
Simon Rawles

The extraordinary story of Russia's covert attempts to corrupt British politics, influence government policy and undermine our democracy in the years before the invasion of Ukraine. Over the past 12 years, donors with links to Russia have poured millions into the coffers of the ruling Conservative Party. Dispatches reveals how senior politicians ignored the warnings about President Putin to the detriment of our national security, how political activists were encouraged to visit a Moscow strip club, and hears allegations concerning a Russian 'diplomat' seeking information from a government minister over a pint in a pub