Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

[Silly McSilly Face]

Revealed: details of exclusive Russian deal offered to Arron Banks in Brexit run-up

Leaked document lays out for first time deal proposed to Leave.EU backer, sparking new questions over Moscow’s role

www.theguardian.com

Right, so I'm going to remove all the noise from this article (you know the bits where a journalist prints a load of vague implications to imply stuff that isn't true - such as the bit about Sperbank) and highlight the key bits of information The Guardian (not me) have written in the article:
- Banks was presented with an offer to invest in something that he was told could make him a lot of money.
- He showed an interest in it (because they were claiming he could make him a lot of money).
- He passed it on to an investment firm he has an interest in to do due diligence on the offer.
- (the key bit in the Guardian article if you don't want to be taken for a mug by the journalist writing it): having done his due diligence HE CHOSE NOT TO INVEST.

 

[johnola]

Russias population is 143 million by the way set to decline to 130 million by 2050 with a commensurate aging of that population.