aquind couldn't have a more well—connected public face.ry and is now a british citizen, tory activist and a close friend of borisjohnson. he likes to call borisjohnson by his realfirst name, alexander, or by the russian diminutive of that, sasha, they call each other sasha. he's told me about how he's spent time drinking champagne with mrjohnson on his balcony in westminster in the houses of parliament. mr temerko has also personally donated more than £700,000 to the conservative party. lawyers representing mr temerko, and aquind, said the donations were entirely lawful, properly declared, and have not been made in return for any special treatment. they said the environment has been fully considered during the planning process. but it is another russian businessman who owns aquind. viktor fedotov stays away from spotlight. but his secrets are in the files. voiceover: the total length of our trunk pipelines - is over 68,000 kilometres. they reveal he made a fortune from a project that was mired in allegations of corruption. an oil pipeline

lawyers for aquind and _ social services. lawyers for aquind and viktor- social services.dotov social services. lawyers for - aquind and viktor fedotov says there was no evidence that funds were embezzled from transneft. viktor fedotov tra nsneft. viktor fedotov denies transneft. viktor fedotov denies any allegations of wrongdoing, and he never had any interest in british politics and has operated in an open and transparent manner. some of the money from the alleged fraud ended up in the uk helping to pay for viktor fedotov�*s impressive country house. it also funded his company aquind and his donations to the conservative party. the prime minister today defended the vetting process. i see that story today but what i can say on that one is that all these donations are vetted in these donations are vetted in the normal way in accordance with rules that were actually set up under the labor government, so we have had in the whole time. by, government, so we have had in the whole time.— the whole time. a conservative party spokesman _ the whole time. a conservative party spoke

it also funded his company aquind and his donations to the conservative party.tting process. i see that story today but all i can say on that one is that all these donations are vetted in the normal way, in accordance with rules that were actually set up under the labour government, so we vet them the whole time. a conservative party spokesman says fundraising is a legitimate part of the democratic process and government policy is in no way influenced by donations. richard bilton, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a real—life star trek. william shatner, who played captain kirk, is to travel into space at the age of 90. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades i exploded and a group of- soldiersjump

it also funded his company, aquind, and its donations to the conservative party.but all i can say on that one is that all these donations are vetted in the normal way in accordance with the rules that were set up under the labour government, so we vet them the whole time. a conservative party spokesperson said fundraising is a legitimate part of the democratic process and government policy is in no way influenced by donations. richard bilton, bbc news. there's much more detail about the pandora papers and what they reveal on the bbc news website, and on the iplayer. the government's latest coronavirus figures show there were 35,077 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, meaning an average of 34,160 new cases were reported per day, in the last week. there were 33 deaths, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test, although some data has been delayed. that means on average, 111 deaths were announced every day in the past week. the latest figures on those being treated in hospital, and percentage of people who've been vaccinated,

. —— aquind aces company.as always worked in an open entrance current manner. the conservatives say compliance was made and checks were made. 12 compliance was made and checks were made. ' ., , ., ., i, made. 12 million documents analysed b the made. 12 million documents analysed by the guardian. _ made. 12 million documents analysed by the guardian, the _ made. 12 million documents analysed by the guardian, the bbc— made. 12 million documents analysed by the guardian, the bbc panorama i by the guardian, the bbc panorama programme and so on, that is in the pandora papers. a while back we had the panama papers. i think there are a number of others in between beginning with the p as well. what i want to know is is anything changing? a lot of the people who are putting money into the offshore accounts are doing it legally. are we seeing governments giving these relegations the latest today actually changing the system? iriat actually changing the system? not et come actually changing the system? not yet come out