Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring

By: Carole Cadwalladr & Peter Jukes with Ruth Abrahams
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  • Journalists Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes – with the help of Conservative party whistleblower Sergei Cristo – expose an alleged secret spy ring operating at the very heart of the British political system. This is the untold story of the most audacious Russian influence operation in British history. It involves honey traps, Russian agents and information warfare.


    Russian wealth and glamour collide with a wild west of new digital landscapes. And as Sergei tries and fails to raise the alarm, this intoxicating cocktail – shaken and stirred from within the Russian Embassy in London – masks the tightening iron fist of Vladimir Putin inside Russia and murder of traitors on foreign soil. All while MPs, intelligence officers and the police turn a blind eye.


    Not since the reach of the Cambridge spy ring in the second half of the 20th century has the Kremlin aimed so high and gone so unnoticed in penetrating the highest echelons of British politics.


    Together, Conservative whistleblower Sergei Cristo, Orwell Prize-winning journalist Carole Cadwalladr and creator of the hit podcast, Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder, Peter Jukes, uncover a story that forms one small corner of Vladimir Putin’s plot against the West. It’s a story we’re still living, where the stakes couldn’t be higher.


    This podcast seeks to shine a light in the dark corners of a Westminster spy ring hidden in plain sight and search for the answers we all deserve.


    A Project Citizen & The Citizens production.


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  • Trailer: Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring

    Trailer: Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring
    Dec 27 2024

    Introducing… Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring.


    Follow Conservative whistleblower Sergei Cristo, Orwell Prize-winning journalist Carole Cadwalladr and co-founder of Byline Times, Peter Jukes, as they uncover an alleged Russian spy operation that penetrated the heart of Westminster.


    A Project Citizen & The Citizens production.


    To find out more about the story and issues it raises visit www.the-citizens.com


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    3 mins
  • A Meeting at the Carlton Club

    A Meeting at the Carlton Club
    Dec 31 2024

    A Russian diplomat newly posted to the capital contacts a Conservative party activist, Sergei Cristo, and asks for an introduction. They meet at the oldest Conservative private member’s club in London, late 2011. The conversation raises suspicions for Sergei and he looks to share his concerns. But is anyone listening?


    Episodes drop weekly!


    A Project Citizen & The Citizens production.

    To find out more about the story and issues it raises visit www.the-citizens.com


    Presented by: Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes

    Written by: Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes with Ruth Abrahams

    Producer and Sound Design: Ruth Abrahams

    Studio Producer: Sean Byrne Roberts

    Location Producers: Sheridan Flynn and Manasa Narayanan

    Original Music: Phil Channell

    Mixed: Nigel Appleton


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    24 mins
  • A Party at the Embassy

    A Party at the Embassy
    Dec 31 2024

    Sergei Cristo starts making enquiries into the mysterious new diplomat whose conversation over tea at the Carlton club has raised red flags. And what his friends, Marina Litvinenko and Oleg Gordievsky, tell him only increases his anxiety. Meanwhile, a new organisation launches - Conservative Friends of Russia - at the gardens of the Russian Embassy in London, just days after members of Pussy Riot are imprisoned in Moscow.


    Episodes drop weekly!


    A Project Citizen & The Citizens production.

    To find out more about the story and issues it raises visit www.the-citizens.com


    Presented by: Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes

    Written by: Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes with Ruth Abrahams

    Producer and Sound Design: Ruth Abrahams

    Studio Producer: Sean Byrne Roberts

    Location Producers: Sheridan Flynn and Manasa Narayanan

    Original Music: Phil Channell

    Mixed: Nigel Appleton


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    30 mins

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need to listen

Ep1 and 2 laying out the scene and background. Ep 3 new meat and information Tories teaching Russia how to blog 😵‍💫

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eye opener

it tells like a Hollywood script but scarily it's true. Proper journalism which is rare nowadays.

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Revelatory, highly recommended

The whole series of podcasts is excellent, well organised, clear and providing revelatory information about the way Russia seeks to influence British politics.

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Scary stuff

If even half of this is true then we are in trouble. I suggest a mini series is made asap to capture the publics attention.

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