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Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Russian-born husband of Tory donor ‘earned millions via oligarch connections’

Lubov Chernukhin (fourth from right) with Amber Rudd, Andrea Leadsom, Liz Truss, Theresa May and others at a Conservative party dinner
Lubov Chernukhin (fourth from right) with Amber Rudd, Andrea Leadsom, Liz Truss, Theresa May and others at a Conservative party dinner at the Goring Hotel in 2019. Photograph: Liz Truss

The husband of one of the Tory party’s biggest donors has claimed he earned up to £42m a year in Russia and had business dealings with the now-sanctioned oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Oleg Deripaska.

Vladimir Chernukhin, 53, husband of the Tory donor Lubov Chernukhin, used his position in the Russian elite to cultivate influential business contacts while investing in private ventures, according to court documents.

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