Daughter of banker accused of having connections to Russian security service holds string of roles at Conservative groups

Daughter of banker accused of having connections to Russian security service holds string of roles at Conservative groups

The daughter of a banker allegedly connected with Russia's security service has held a string of roles with Conservative party-affiliated organisations in the UK, allowing her to meet some of the most senior politicians in the country, documents seen by Insider suggest. Leonard Bogdan was a , which was sanctioned by the and Iranian governments. It was declared . Bogdan's name has been raised during two recent debates in the House of Commons. In January, Labour MP Liam Byrne said he was , as he highlighted Bogdan's links to a Tory donor, Mohamed Amersi. Amersi has . The FSB and SVR are Russia's security and intelligence agencies, respectively, between them acting as successors to the KGB. Just a few days later, the former Treasury minister again raised Bogdan in the Commons, telling MPs that sources claim he " . Ilma Leonardovna Bogdan lived at the same address in Russia with Leonard and Natalya Bogdan, according to documents seen by Insider. They were listed as living together on the Larix database, a huge trove of commercially-available data. Ownership of the flat since transferred from Leonard to Ilma. The Ilma whose name appears in these documents has the same birthday as one