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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emma Burrows

A man who set fire to homes linked to Starmer is in jail. His Russian-speaking handler slipped away

Britain Starmer Arson - (Metropolitan Police)

The Russian-speaking handler, a shadowy figure known as “El Money,” was not happy.

A string of arson attacks targeting a car and two London homes linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had attracted little attention, possibly because the then 21-year-old attacker, a Ukrainian recruited online, was not very good at documenting them.

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