Boris Johnson was today urged to hand back millions in Russia-linked Tory Party donations.
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy warned of “too much connection” between Russian oligarchs and the Tories, saying: “We think that they should hand back £2million.”
Among Russia-linked figures filling Tory coffers is banker Lubov Chernukhin, married to Putin’s former deputy finance minister. She has donated £1.7m.
Ms Chernukhin regularly bids in Tory fundraising auctions.
Last year, then-Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab accepted £25,000 for his local party from ex Russian bank chief Dmitry Leus, who has lived in England since 2015.
His spokesman has said: “He has played no active part in politics.”
Alexander Temerko, a businessman born in Soviet Ukraine, has donated £1.3m.
Mr Temerko held senior posts in Russia’s Defence Ministry under Boris Yeltsin, and has said he is “no friend” of Putin.
Businessman Mohamed Amersi and his wife donated £750,000.
He said earlier this year: “Not a penny that I earned in Russia has come close to... the UK political system.”
Foreign Minister Amanda Milling said all donations were “received in good faith” and declared.
There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by any of the four Conservative donors.
