<div id="subtitle">British business secretary denies showing favoritism toward Russian oligarch over EU tariffs</div><div><p>Britain's business secretary Saturday denied being influenced by a Russian oligarch while negotiating trade tariffs in his previous role as the European Union's trade commissioner.</p><p>Peter ...
<div><p>European commission officials who worked for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/mandelson">Lord Mandelson</a>, the business secretary, issued a misleading statement about the history of his relationship with Oleg Deripaska, the Russian billionaire, the Guardian has established.</p><p>Mandelson's officials ...
<div><p>It is a weekday afternoon in Moscow's most luxurious shopping arcade. In the Dolce & Gabbana store - with its chandeliers, black mirror walls and stainless steel D&G logo - a young man is trying on a leather jacket. "It's known as ...
<div><p>A gun-metal grey speedboat powers across the still Ionian Sea until the cypress trees of the largest private estate in Corfu heave into view and the pilot kills the engine. </p><p>Above are the cream castle turrets of Nathaniel Rothschild's family villa set ...
<div><p>Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted Saturday there was "nothing untoward" in the dealings of a key cabinet minister with a Russian oligarch, which has sparked a political row in Britain.</p><p>Former European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson, now Brown's Business Secretary, said in ...
<div><p>Given the devastating nature of its contents, it was an email which began in the most friendly terms. 'Dear James, I would be grateful if you would publish this letter in the Times asap. Warm regards, Nat.' </p><p>Written by the multi-millionaire financier, ...
<div><p>LDV Group, the British van maker owned by the Russian oligarch at the centre of the Tory donation controversy, made a &pound;28m loss last year.</p><p>KPMG stood down as auditor in August, one month after signing off the accounts. It is understood that ...
<div><p>"And this will be a hotel", said Oliver Corlette, as he pointed out a wasteland of brambles and rubble with a sweep of the hand. In the distance, beyond a portable lavatory tilted alarmingly to one side, a Soviet submarine had been ...
<div><p>Amid the bureaucratic prose of his dreadful book The Blair Revolution, Peter Mandelson managed to articulate one noble thought. Writing in 1996, when the old Soviet empire lay in ruins, he declared that the European Union must move into central and eastern ...
<div><p>Lord Mandelson was forced to issue a fresh denial yesterday that he granted favours to the Russian aluminium magnate, Oleg Deripaska, while he was European trade commissioner.</p><p>The business secretary flew to Moscow to start a four day official visit as it emerged ...
