The Conservative Party said only that “donations to the Conservative Party are properly and transparently declared to the Electoral Commission, published by them, and fully comply with the law”. A senior Conservative Party member confirmed Temerko was “very much behind the attempt to oust” May. Her office referred Reuters’ questions about the episode to the Conservative Party, which didn’t comment. RUSSIAN GENERALSTemerko rose to prominence in the Russian arms industry in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union. His security ties, he said, once got him access to a meeting of the Russian Security Council, the circle of 24 top Russian officials, chaired by Putin.

Source: Pakistan Today July 19, 2019 16:21 UTC