Podcast Corner: Lifting the lid on Sergei and the Westminster spy ring
The Guardian’s Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes of Byline Times host new podcast series Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring (Project Citizen and the Citizens). Picture: Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/Getty.
An “alleged secret spy ring operating at the very heart of the British political system” says the blurb for Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring (Project Citizen and the Citizens), a new series hosted by the Guardian’s Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes of Byline Times, whose MO states: “No oligarchs, no government bungs, no adverts. Just journalism.”
We have become used to hearing about Russian interference in elections around the world; the US presidential election that saw Donald Trump elected for the first time and the UK’s Brexit vote both occurred in 2016 and allegedly saw meddling by Russia. A quick Google search reveals recent stories alleging similar interference in, variously, Moldova and Georgia, Croatia, and Romania.
