As capital migrated, the subculture known as Londongrad grew in size and influence.
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On March 5, 2015, while ''Londongrad'' was filming, ''Soulless 2'' came out in theaters.
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As a result, the second season of ''Londongrad'' was a bit like a community-theater production of the first season.
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The Russian billionaire has owned Chelsea since 2003 and long been a leading figure in the "Londongrad" playground for rich Russians.
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The large number of Russians in the city has earned it the nickname "Londongrad," and speculation over the source of that affluence.
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But in Londongrad, as the Russian community here is sometimes called, any widespread effect of these measures remains a long way off.
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" Over the last 10 years, Britain has granted political asylum to a parade of Mr. Putin's critics, big and small, who have blended seamlessly into "Londongrad.
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Huge amounts of Russian money have poured into the British capital since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, causing some to refer to it as "Londongrad".
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The British capital has been dubbed "Londongrad" due to the large quantities of Russian money that have poured in since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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"Deripaska does not hang around with people like this for social reasons," said Mark Hollingsworth, an author of "Londongrad," a book about Russian oligarchs in the British capital.
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A common stance among educated Russians — the ones I imagined would enjoy ''Londongrad'' the most — is to refuse to watch a series or a film simply because it's Russian.
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London has been a venue of choice for many rich Russian to buy property and the in-flow of Russian money has led to the capital being nicknamed "Londongrad".
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London, or Londongrad as it is sometimes dubbed, is the Western capital of choice for the oligarchs and Russian officials who flaunt their wealth across Europe's most luxurious destinations.
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By the time my co-writers and I were done, ''Londongrad'' looked — well, not exactly authentic, but more like an American series set in London and inexplicably filmed in Russian.
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Small wonder that Russia's oligarchs, friends or foes of Vladimir Putin alike, plus the mega rich from around the world, have poured into a capital of luxury many now call Londongrad.
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My friends and colleagues Elena Vanina (a co-writer of episodes of ''Londongrad'') and Roman Volobuev even created a ''House of Cards''-like TV series about the opposition winning the Russian elections.
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Mark Hollingsworth, co-author of "Londongrad: From Russia With Cash," has spent years compiling a database of thousands of properties by cross-referencing public records and prowling neighborhoods popular with wealthy Russians.
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Ryvkin and I came up with ''Londongrad,'' a fast-paced picaresque — half comedy, half thriller — about a brilliant, anarchic Oxford dropout and his Muscovite rich-girl sidekick who work as fixers in London.
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The British capital earned a nickname of "Londongrad" because it became the destination of choice for rich and middle class Russians, though Prime Minister Theresa May has indicated Britain will go after "dirty" money.
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Although the new laws are not specifically directed at Russia, the British capital has been dubbed "Londongrad" due to the large amounts of Russian money that have poured in since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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London was once dubbed 'Londongrad' or 'Moscow-on-Thames' as the city of choice for rich Russians and other residents of former Soviet republics but enquiries from Russians fell 60 percent year-on-year in 2015, he said.
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It may have seemed like a good idea at the time and probably in the immediate aftermath; the Russian government viewed it as a success that deterred others in the rich Russian émigré community of "Londongrad" from opposition activities.
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Most prominent among the residents of "Londongrad", as the British capital has been nicknamed for its popularity among the Russian elite, are Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov, respectively owner and major shareholder of the English football clubs Chelsea and Arsenal.
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The latest episode fits a broader pattern of mysterious illnesses — sometimes deaths — among Russians seen as enemies of the Kremlin who are living in Britain, where the presence of wealthy, high-rolling Russians has given London one of its newer nicknames: Londongrad.
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Unlike the ''Londongrad'' shoot, where every aspect of the production had to be overseen for East-meets-West blunders, we're in good hands here: The producer, Valery Todorovsky, is one of Russia's finest directors himself, and Alexei Popogrebsky, the director, is a Berlin Film Festival winner who doesn't cut corners.
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If Mr. Abramovich's British visa delay turns out to be more than a bureaucratic hiccup, it could be a sign that the British government, too, is moving against Russian oligarchs and wants to curb what has been called "Londongrad," a large community of Russians, both fans and foes of Mr. Putin, who have sought shelter in the British capital for their money and families.
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"Recent events seemed to have propelled some much-needed new impetus into the UK's fight against dirty money and we very much welcome the Treasury Committee holding this inquiry," said Duncan Hames, Director of Policy at Transparency International UK. London has been a prime venue for rich Russians to buy property and the inflow of Russian money has led to the capital being nicknamed "Londongrad".
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For a while, it looked as if I would be working on ''Londongrad'' again, but the studio spent so much of its rapidly devaluating budget on the first season that for Season 2, after the ruble's collapse, it could barely afford the main star (we were ordered to write in a way that would reduce his shooting days by 50 percent), the street scenes (60 percent of the London action now had to take place on a Moscow soundstage) and even, finally, myself and my writing team.
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On 25 August 2015 music video Londongrad () was published as a teaser trailer for TV series Londongrad based on Miron's life in London before restarting his rapper career. On 21 September Oxxxymiron published the music video City under the Sole () which was watched 2 million times in a week. On 13 November 2015 Oxxxymiron released his second album, Gorgorod () which became the most popular Russian music album of 2015. In 2017 Oxxxymiron became CEO of the Booking Machine (BM) booking agency.
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Londongrad () is a Russian crime comedy television series, the first series on Russian television to be shot in the capital of the United Kingdom. The television series was created by Sputnik Vostok Production, commissioned by STS.
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Nikita Mikhailovich Yefremov (; born 30 May 1988) is a Russian actor, known for his roles in television series Londongrad (2015), The Thaw (2013) and in the film Cinderella (2012). His father is Mikhail Yefremov and grandfather is Oleg Yefremov.
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Ingrid Andreevna Olerinskaya (; born 14 March 1992) is a Russian actress and model who became famous after her debut in the film by Roman Karimov's Inadequate People (2011).«Московский Комсомолец» — «Неадекватные люди» забрались в «Золотую ладью» She also starred in the 2015 television series Londongrad.
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This community has led to journalists calling the city "Londongrad". Most own homes in both countries as well as property and have acquired controlling interests in major European companies. They commute on a regular basis between the EU and Russia; in many cases their families reside in London, with their children attending school there.
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Comrade Dad was a 1986 BBC satirical sitcom set in 1999 in Londongrad, the capital of the USSR-GB. The UK has been invaded by the Soviet Union and turned into a Communist state. The programme centred on the Dudgeon family (starring George Cole as Reg Dudgeon) and their attempts to adapt to the new order.
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IMDB Brunt stars in the feature film Snow in Paradise, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un certain regard category in 2014. The Legend of Tarzan, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson, was released in 2016. The Limehouse Golem, in which he also appeared, was released later that year. Londongrad (2008) a Russian short film drama addressing the rise of the oligarch and based on the book of the same name is also due for release in both Russia and the United Kingdom.
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In 2008, he appeared in two episodes of the CBBC program M.I.High as Lewis Chuckworth, and in a short film titled Londongrad. Bastow landed his first major film role playing the character of "Dave the Laugh" in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, released in July 2008. In December 2008, he played the role of a young Sir Guy of Gisborne for an episode of the BBC One mini-series Robin Hood which aired on 6 June 2009. In 2009, he also had a role in The Boys Are Back starring Clive Owen.
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Londongrad is a special agency which solves any problems that Russian people might face in the capital of the United Kingdom for a hefty fee; starting from ordinary tourists who lost their luggage, to the children of major officials arrested for mixing up the Winston Churchill monument with a public toilet. The owner and only employee of the agency is 27 year old Misha Kulikov (Nikita Yefremov), a mathematics genius and former Oxford student who dropped out five years ago and now takes up any orders as a kind of "fixer". But Russian clients of Kulikov in London have problems more of the domestic type than of criminal...
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The series premiered successfully on the STS channel. The first episode of Londongrad was watched by every fifth Moscow resident. The project, according to TNS Russia, became the leader in its slot in Moscow among all TV channels, with a share of 20.9% in the audience of 10-45 and a share of 27.5% among viewers aged 11 to 34. In the category of viewers older than four years old, the first season started with a rating of 2.5 and a share of 8.7, by the beginning of the second season the rating had dropped to 1.7, and the share had dropped to 5.4, after which the series ceased to be in the top 10 programs of STS.
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