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That no one in power has cared is less remarkable that the fact that democracy's supposed watchdogs (i.e. the media) don't care, until now that is. At least this is definitely the first I have heard of it.

EDIT: After fully reading the article, I realized that the author of the article deals with this issue: U.K.'s libel laws make it dangerous for media watchdogs to call out oligarchs explicitly.

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https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/05/21/london-is-a-laundromat-f...

All the weird American candy stores in London that never have any customers have suddenly shut up shop since the Ukraine invasion.

There's also this photo of a pit within one of the stores being filled with cement just before being shutting down: https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/tebfqa/almost_all_o...

I've been trying to find out more about what was going on other than money laundering but haven't been able to find much

This is covered in the last issue of Private Eye Issue 1568. There is no online version, only in print.

From memory, the owner set up multiple other business used to secure COVID loans from UK Gov and also had the candy store business buy those business from him. The business was/is a front for these other activities.

If you are interested then I can maybe scan the article.

It's here: https://old.reddit.com/r/london/comments/cnkcaz/private_eye_...

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