Standing With Ukraine

Like everyone, watching the news out of Ukraine is breaking my heart.  

And it’s not only Ukrainian people suffering at Putin’s hands. Since the fall of the Soviet Union Russians have seen their country asset-stripped and their national wealth stashed abroad – mostly hidden in plain sight by billionaire oligarchs, in the form of luxury mansions and super yachts. 

It’s taken a devastating war right here in Europe for our governments to face up to the impacts of so-called ‘kleptocracy’, which means literally ‘rule by thieves’. Journalist Oliver Bullough has been banging this drum for years. Read his piece and you’ll see why. 

Dua x