Tory get together chairman’s firm deletes webpage about Russia ‘elite’ connections

The luxurious enterprise run by the chairman of the Conservative get together has deleted a webpage spelling out its Russian “elite” connections.

Ben Elliot, founding father of luxurious concierge service Quintessentially Group, has co-chaired Boris Johnson the get together since 2019.

This week it emerged that Mr Elliot’s firm had deleted an online web page spelling out how the it had catered to the wants of Russia’s rich for greater than a decade.

The agency had labored with former Putin advisers, in addition to figures comparable to Chelsea soccer membership proprietor Roman Abramovich, in line with The Sunday Occasions.

“Quintessentially Russia has almost 15 years’ expertise offering luxurious way of life administration companies to Russia’s elite and company members,” the web site defined, spelling out the companies obtainable.

However following the invasion of Ukraine web page is now lacking from the agency’s web site and presents solely a regular “error 40” message. It’s nonetheless seen by a cached and archived model of the web site.

The Conservative get together has raised greater than £70m since Mr Elliot took over as chair, partially by focusing on the world’s extremely rich for contributions.

Boris Johnson and his ministers have been pressed in latest days on whether or not they are going to give again or go on donations from individuals with connections to the Kremlin.

Mr Johnson rejected such a suggestion this week, telling MPs within the Commons on Wednesday: “It’s completely important, if we’re to have a profitable consequence in what we are attempting to do, collectively united with Ukraine, that we reveal that this isn’t concerning the Russian individuals. That is concerning the Putin regime.”

The prime minister has additionally mentioned: “I do hope that those that have any hyperlinks with the Putin regime, no matter, any so-called Oligarchs, all these which are in any method related to the regime, take this chance as some courageous people have already got, to disassociate themselves from this barbaric invasion.”

The get together says all donors “are registered, are reputable” and steered Russia-linked donors “help our goals or aims.”

The Unbiased has approached Quintessentially for touch upon this story.