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A lottery is a form of gambling which involves selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing their own national (state) lottery.
£35.1 million (US$49.6 million) was the largest winner on the UK Lotto game in April 2016. €38.4 million (US$49.7 million) was the largest jackpot in the Netherlands draw of the Staatsloterij (State Lottery) in May 2013. €30,009,676 (US$31 million) was the largest jackpot in France's SuperLoto, won in May 2006 by two tickets.
The redacted Russia report was publicly released on 21 July 2020 by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament. "The Russia report" is the report of the British Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) into allegations of Russian interference in British politics, including alleged Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum and the 2014 Scottish independence ...
According to Russian officials, United Russia received large majorities in the regions, taking at least 70% of the vote in each. Detailed voting figures were not immediately released.
The 2001 UK census recorded 15,160 residents born in Russia. [5] The 2011 census recorded 36,313 people born in Russia resident in England, 687 in Wales, [6] 2,180 in Scotland [7] and 349 in Northern Ireland. [8] The Office for National Statistics estimates that 73,000 people born in Russia were resident in the UK in 2020. [9]
A redacted parliamentary committee report detailing Russian interference in British business and politics. According to the Intelligence and Security Committee Russia report, released on 21 July 2020, there is substantial evidence that Russian interference in the British economy and politics is commonplace; further to this, evidence was uncovered detailing interference in the 2014 Scottish ...
In 2020, the Intelligence and Security Committee said that the influence of Russian business was so deeply embedded in the British financial system that it "cannot be untangled". [3] [10] Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine there was a political desire to take action against UK-based oligarchs.
The forum originally launched as Conservative Friends of Russia in 2012. Richard Royal was Chair of the group that described itself as "an organisation created for those with an interest in Russian politics, business, history and culture, with the aim of strengthening relations between the British and Russian communities and informing political decision making within both countries."