Oligarchs at war in London over mystery of missing Siberian

When a Siberian mine manager vanished three years ago, his sister enlisted the UK’s media, courts and politicians to find him. Now it seems they may all be pawns in a Russian power game

On 21 December 2016 Evgeny Lazarevich, a 55-year-old father to four daughters, disappeared in the Kemerovo region of Siberia. A week later his Ford Explorer was found in the city of Novokuznetsk, 30 miles from the coalmine where he worked as its administrator, overseeing its liquidation. According to his sister, Anna, the car’s number plate had been removed and its inside sprayed with pepper “so police dogs would not take the trail”.

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