viktor fedotov tra nsneft. viktor fedotov denies transneft.ions 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 spokesman says - party spokesman says fundraising is a legitimate part of the democratic process and government policy is in no way influenced by donations. still to come a bit later in the programme, we will be looking at how chi

viktor fedotov stays away from spotlight. but his secrets are in the files.,000 kilometres. they reveal he made a fortune from a project that was mired in allegations of corruption. an oil pipeline in eastern siberia. vmcsovsk: transneft - is the world's largest pipeline company, one of the most important infrastructure systems in russia. the pipeline was built by transneft, a company owned by the russian state. in 2008, an audit report suggested the company had lost huge sums to corruption. transneft was paying unnecessary intermediaries, tens of millions of dollars, for services that these intermediaries couldn't provide. so in our calculation, $4 billion was stolen or misappropriated. our documents reveal how mr fedotov and two macro transneft managers secretly owned one of transneft�*s and it's alleged the contractor was paid for doing work that was actually done by transneft itself. the profits were funnelled through a series of offshore companies before ending up in three trusts. two were controlled by the transneft managers, the third by mr viktor fedo

the billion—pound scheme would be built by aquind, a company owned by viktor fedotov.,000, including donations to sa tory mps. the reason this matters is that aquind wants to lay a power cable under the channel. you have to ask yourself why, in those circumstances, aquind feels it needs to go to such elaborate efforts and spend such money and so much time to get access to the conservative party? working with the international consortium of investigative journalists and the guardian, panorama has found out how the man behind the plan made a fortune. the total length of our trunk- pipelines is over 68,000 kilometres. documents show how mr fedotov and two managers of transneft, the russian state oil pipeline firm, secretly owned company that was awarded transneft contracts. it has previously been alleged in russia that the company was paid huge sums for work that was never done. now the files show how profits from the transneft contracts were pushed through offshore companies to secretive trusts controlled by mr fedotov and the two other men. it looks like they siphoned o

the billion pound scheme would be built by aquind, a company owned by viktor fedotov.ecause his businesses have given the conservatives £740,000 including donations to sa tory mps. the reason this matters is that aquind wants to lay a power cable under the channel. you have to ask yourself, why in those circumstances, aquind feels it needs to go to such elaborate efforts and spend such money and so much time to get access to the conservative party. working with the international consortium of investigative journalists and the guardian, panorama has found out how the man behind the plan made a fortune. archive: the total length - of our pipelines is over 68,000 kilometres... documents show how mr fedotov and two managers of transneft, the russian state oil pipeline firm, secretly owned company that was awarded transneft contracts. it was previously alleged in russia that the company was paid huge sums for work that was never done. now, the files show how profits from the transneft contracts were pushed through offshore companies to secretive trusts controlled by mr fedo

lawyers for aqua wind, and mr fedotov, aqua wind is his - mr fedotov, aqua wind is his company. —— aquindpolitics and has 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

some of the money from the alleged ford ended up in the uk, helping to pay for mr fedotov�*s impressivedonations to the conservative party. the prime minister today defended the vetting process. i defended the vetting process. 1 see that story again today, although can say is that all these donations are vetted in these donations are vetted in the normal way in accordance with rules that are set up under the labour government, without them the whole time. aha, without them the whole time. a conservative party spokesman said 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: william shatner, who 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 n