Half of Russians Living in London May Be Informants for Kremlin, Report Says

Mikhail Khodorkovsky at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, on June 17, 2015. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

LONDON—As many as half of the Russians living in London may be informants for the Kremlin, expatriates fear.

A new report, endorsed by the ex-head of MI6, says that “anywhere between a quarter and a half of Russian expats were, or have been, informants.” There are around 150,000 Russians living in the UK’s capital city.