Russians apply to raid London offices of jailed Yukos oligarch

Russians apply to raid London offices of jailed Yukos oligarch
By Abigail Townsend and Adrian Gatton
Independent on Sunday
02 May 2004

The Home Office is believed to be considering an application from the Russian authorities to allow them to raid the London offices of oil giant Yukos.

Crash lawyer 'in fear of Russian spies'

Crash lawyer 'in fear of Russian spies'
By Nigel Rosser And Adrian Gatton
Evening Standard
30th April, 2004
A millionaire British lawyer who died in a mystery helicopter crash was being targeted by the Russian secret service...read

Russian tycoon's British lawyer 'was a police informant'

Russian tycoon's British lawyer 'was a police informant'
By Adrian Gatton
The Independent on Sunday
25 April 2004

The secretive British lawyer behind the jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky became a police informant only days before he died in a mysterious helicopter accident, it was claimed last night.

Channel 4 News: Mystery Crash

Crash Death Investigation
Channel 4 News
24 April 2004

EXCLUSIVE

What was the British lawyer who died in this crash telling British intelligence here about the struggle between the Kremlin and a Russian oil empire?

When the closest confidant of Russia's wealthiest man died in a helicopter crash in Dorset last month, suspicions were raised.

While air accident investigators are still trying to find what caused the crash, local police say they have no plans to investigate.

But the National Criminal Intelligence Service is apparently taking an interest in the case.

Channel Four News has learned that shortly before he died, Stephen Curtis contacted officers to offer his services as an informant. And friends told us the millionaire lawyer was afraid for his life in the weeks before the crash.

Watch the Channel 4 News report here.

Reporter: Sarah Smith
Producer: Adrian Gatton
Director: Rob Lemkin