Secret Soviet Past of Peer in Sleaze Furore [Scot Region]
Mail on Sunday › February 10, 2009
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THE Labour peer at the heart of the Lords sleaze row has secret links to Soviet Russia, a Mail on Sunday investigation has uncovered.
The party faced calls for a new inquiry into Lord Truscott in the face of fresh information about his astonishing rise to power, which throws new light on the 'love at first sight' account of how he met his Russian wife Svetlana in the former Soviet Union.See the full content of this document
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Secret Soviet Past of Peer in Sleaze Furore [Scot Region]
At the time they married, Lady Truscott was an active member of the Communist Party and her father was a senior Red Army officer at a secret military institute connected to the Soviet equivalent of the SAS.
The Mail on Sunday has also obtained new details about the couple's private fortune, which includes a Pounds 1million home in...See the full content of this document
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