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    Miles Johnson

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    Miles Johnson is an investigative reporter for the FT. In over a decade working at the FT he has previously held roles as Rome Correspondent, Capital Markets Editor, Investment Editor and Hedge Fund Correspondent in London. He has also reported on the European debt crisis as Madrid Correspondent and on finance from New York.
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    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      ObituaryYevgeny Prigozhin
      Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner warlord, 1961 — 2023

      The shadowy head of the Russian mercenary group belonged to a new breed of criminal entrepreneur

    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      FT Magazine
      How a southern Italian crime family’s reign ended in tragedy

      Two shocking murders, 25 years apart, framed the Pitittos’ scramble for a seat at the top table of organised crime

      A large bullet hole in a car window. A ‘web’ of cracked glass has formed around it
    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Wagner Group
      Wagner-linked group buys helmets from China despite sanctions

      Entities connected with mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin continue to frustrate western efforts to choke off supplies

      Yevgeny Prigozhin stands in front of Wagner fighters
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      US-China relations
      Ex-Apple engineer accused of stealing trade secrets and fleeing to China

      Case is among several announced on Tuesday over alleged crimes including export violations and smuggling

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      Russian spy network smuggles sensitive EU tech despite sanctions

      Covert FSB procurement chain acquires goods for war in Ukraine even after operatives were apprehended last year

      A montage of a flow chart showing the FSB’s secret European procurement network, bullets, computer chips and the FSB logo
    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      FT’s top stories on Wagner
      Horses, art and private jets: the charmed life of Russian warlord’s family

      Western governments have struggled to impose costs on relatives of the Wagner founder, even though they have been heavily involved in his businesses

    • Friday, 7 April, 2023
      UK companies
      The UK business that shipped $1.2bn of electronics to Russia

      Company registered to terraced house in London sent goods including semiconductors, according to customs data

      The terraced house in a suburban street in Enfield, which serves as the base for Mykines Corporation
    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russian warlord’s mother wins appeal against EU sanctions

      Violetta Prigozhina sets precedent for having restrictions overturned against family members

      Yevgeny Prigozhin
    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      FT’s top stories on Wagner
      Russian warlord passed UK money laundering checks with mother’s utility bill

      Law firm relied on gas invoice when scrutinising Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin as prospective client

      Yevgeny Prigozhin
    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      FT’s top stories on Wagner
      Wagner leader generated $250mn from sanctioned empire

      Yevgeny Prigozhin’s natural resources interests outside Russia barely hit by years of western sanctions

      A montage of Yevgeny Prigozhin and US dollar bank notes
    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      FT SeriesRussia in Africa
      Wagner Inc: a Russian warlord and his lawyers

      Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the mercenary operation, has used prominent legal firms around the world to try to keep western governments at bay

      Photo montage showing Yevgeny Prigozhin, gold bars and the logo of Wagner
    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Fund manager files lawsuit against Credit Suisse over Vatican property deal

      Raffaele Mincione faces criminal proceedings for his role in purchase of London building

      60 Sloane Avenue in Knightsbridge, London,
    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      FT Magazine
      The mystery of the mogul, the casino and the heist that rocked Mayfair

      The Park Lane Club was supposed to fulfil Vasilijs Melniks’ fantasy. Instead it became his torment

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      Gemcorp Capital LLP
      The Russia ties of London’s Gemcorp Capital

      Asset manager received seed investment for its first fund from telecoms billionaire

      Albert Avdolyan and Atanas Bostandjiev
    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      Russia
      Polina Kovaleva’s London flat and the task of tracing Russia’s dirty money

      Opaque finances and unclear ties make it tricky to determine who is connected to Putin’s inner circle

      Polina Kovaleva and the luxury flats, left, next to Kensington’s Design Museum
    • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
      Transcript
      On trial in the Vatican

      The probe focuses on the Holy See’s investments in London’s luxury property

    • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      On trial in the Vatican

      Gas prices jump as Germany suspends certification of Kremlin-backed Nord Stream 2 pipeline

    • Sunday, 7 November, 2021
      Vatican
      Vatican to lose £100m of charitable funds in London property sale

      Holy See close to finalising disposal of building at centre of international criminal probe

      Brownstone building at 60 Sloane Avenue
    • Sunday, 31 October, 2021
      Climate change
      Johnson warns G20 deal leaves ‘huge way to go’ at climate summit

      Only partial progress on coal use but agreement to limit global warming as COP26 talks open

      Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a thumbs up as he stands with Angela Merkel, Scott Morrison and Emmanuel Macron
    • Saturday, 30 October, 2021
      G20
      Going it alone on climate change is not an option, Draghi warns G20

      Italy’s prime minister sets tone for COP26 by telling the Rome summit differences must be overcome

      Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi attends the Rome G20 summit, the organisation’s first face-to-face meeting since the pandemic
    • Friday, 29 October, 2021
      ExplainerG20
      Climate tops the agenda as G20 meets in person after two-year gap

      But Rome gathering that is likely to set tone for COP26 summit in Glasgow will have high-profile absentees

    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
      Special ReportInvesting in Italy
      Italy’s economic development minister: ‘We are completely changing public administration’

      Giancarlo Giorgetti says reforms are critical to reversing more than two decades of economic stagnation

      Giancarlo Giorgetti at the Ministry of Economic Development offices in Rome
    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
      Special ReportInvesting in Italy
      All eyes on Draghi’s investment and reform plan

      What will be the consequences for Italy, and for Europe, if the prime minister fails to deliver?

    • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
      Inside BusinessItalian politics
      Draghi’s presidency choice may temper investor enthusiasm for Italy

      Former ECB chief has transformed perceptions of his country but may not be premier for much longer

      Mario Draghi wearing a face mask
    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      Italian politics
      Centre-left takes control of key Italian cities in blow to Five Star

      Democratic Party candidate seizes Rome from the former upstart party which also lost Turin

      Rome’s newly elected mayor, centre-left candidate of the Democratic Party (PD), Roberto Gualtieri
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