Exclusive: Ex-Russian arms tycoon quietly wields influence in British PM race

A former Russian arms tycoon who had connections at the highest levels of the Kremlin is a major donor to Britain's ruling Conservative Party and counts himself a friend of the man expected to be the country's next prime minister.Alexander Temerko, who forged close ties with the Russian defence ministry and security services in the 1990s, has gifted over £1 million to the Conservatives over the past eight years.In a series of interviews detailed in a Reuters Special Report https://www.reut