Triple Edge Resources

Documents the network of British and American aristocrats and financiers who actively supported the Nazi movement — covers Mitfords, Mosleys, Cliveden Set, and American appeasement networks.

Study of how European monarchies adapted and survived into the modern era — covers the political strategies, scandals and reinventions that kept royal families relevant.

Previously unheard BBC archive tape reveals Duke of Windsor wanted Britain to appease Hitler — labelled “IMPORTANT: Not to be broadcast.” Documents the cover-up of royal Nazi sympathies.

Most important recent academic text for the Butler Britain argument — defines the “nine services” (professional indulgences) UK lawyers, accountants and banks provide to Russian and Eurasian kleptocrats, including LSE listings and reputation laundering.

UK military quietly building links with Belarusian armed forces including urban warfare training — despite public criticism of Lukashenko. Documents the gap between UK human rights rhetoric and military cooperation with authoritarian states.

Blair’s invitation to Putin for a state visit — the first by a Russian leader since 1864 — establishes the high-water mark of Blair-Putin political alignment, concurrent with Chechnya.

Guardian analysis of Russian-linked donations to the Conservative Party — documents the scale and provenance of oligarch funding flowing into British political parties.

After Salisbury, UK approved £200m+ in dual-use exports to Russia — documents the gap between public condemnation of Russian aggression and continued commercial engagement.

Government blocks all information about Prince Andrew’s decade as trade envoy — royal biographer argues the culture of unnecessary secrecy needs to end.

Documents on Prince Andrew’s decade as taxpayer-funded trade envoy are blocked from public scrutiny — FOI obstruction documented by Declassified UK.

Queen Elizabeth met Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed — who holds his adult daughters hostage — at least ten occasions since the Arab Spring. Documents the Royal household’s pattern of engagement with repressive regimes.

Queen Elizabeth accepts gifts from autocratic regimes — third such acceptance documented. Royal household’s relationships with repressive governments as a form of soft diplomatic endorsement.

Met police officers trained Azerbaijan’s KGB-veteran-run national security ministry amid a crackdown on free speech — in the context of a major oil deal. Documents the UK’s security cooperation with authoritarian regimes for commercial benefit.

BP built a £271bn Russian oil empire during Putin’s rule with the active support of the British establishment and Tony Blair — Putin told BP in 2019: “We regard you as a reliable strategic partner.”

Blair and Putin struck an extraordinary bond in the early 2000s as Russia waged its destructive Chechnya campaign — documents Blair’s active support for Putin’s war crimes in exchange for economic integration.

Nick Cohen argues the English legal system has degraded itself by becoming a venue for oligarch disputes — written after Berezovsky’s loss in the Abramovich case.

SCMP report on Boris Johnson’s invitation to oligarchs to use London courts — independent corroboration of the RT story above from a non-Russian source.

Solicitors Journal analysis of Russian oligarchs litigating in English courts — covers jurisdiction, enforcement and the tensions in Boris Johnson’s open invitation to oligarchs to use UK courts.

Reuters preview of the High Court ruling on the Abramovich-Berezovsky case — the largest private litigation in legal history, an odyssey through the post-Soviet carve-up of Russia’s natural resources.

Russian oligarchs’ taste for British justice helped London lawyers rake in a record £5bn of profits in 2012 — the Abramovich-Berezovsky case alone generated £100m in legal fees. Documents the financial incentive structure that made London the preferred battleground for oligarch disputes.

Follow-up on the $230m Russian mob tax fraud case — law firm removed amid conflicts of interest; documents the legal profession’s entanglement with organised crime defence.

SRA annual report shows sharp rise in solicitor money laundering reports — Russian mafia cases alongside Arab Spring capital flight as the two primary sources of suspicious activity.

Legal Futures reports SRA warning that UK solicitors are being caught up with Russian mafia money laundering networks — documents the legal profession’s exposure to organised crime.

Analysis of how Russian lawyers are enmeshed in the state-criminal nexus — documents the impossibility of independent legal practice when the state and organised crime are structurally intertwined.