Christopher Chandler, a New Zealand-born tycoon, provides substantial financial support to the Legatum Institute AfolabiSotunde/ReutersThe billionaire behind a think tank with links to Conservative Brexiteers was accused in the Commons today of having connections to Russian intelligence dating back to 2002. Bob Seely, the Tory MP for the Isle of Wight, used parliamentary privilege to quote from copies of what he said were Monaco security files containing information from the Monaco police and French intelligence, that identified Christopher Chandler as an “object of interest”. Mr Chandler, a New Zealand-born tycoon, provides substantial financial support to the Legatum Institute. Mr Seely, an expert in Russian hybrid warfare, said that he was speaking out along with four other Tory and Labour MPs, because they believed it to be in the national interest. He said that it would be possible for the…

Source: The Times May 01, 2018 16:09 UTC