'Putin chef' case shows London courts no longer welcome Russians

Yevgeny Prigozhin — a Kremlin confidante better known as Russian President Vladimir “Putin’s chef” or as the founder of the mercenary outfit called the Wagner Group — saw his defamation case thrown out in May by a London court because his lawyers no longer wanted to represent him.
The 61-year-old ally of Putin, sanctioned by the UK, the US and the EU, had sued the investigative journalism organization Bellingcat for libel, and was accused by its founder of using the courts to intimidate and silence the group.
The case collapsed after Discreet Law, the firm representing Prigozhin, withdrew, saying it

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