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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political Correspondent

Badenoch under fire as Tory shadow attorney general acts for Roman Abramovich

Kemi Badenoch during a visit to Hampshire earlier in December.
Kemi Badenoch during a visit to Hampshire earlier in December. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Kemi Badenoch is under pressure to act on the revelations that her shadow attorney general is representing the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, despite UK sanctions against him.

David Wolfson, a Tory peer, is part of the legal team representing Abramovich as he attempts to recover billions in frozen assets he owns in the Channel islands.

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