Wednesday 22 June 2022 12:38 AM Russian gives £30,000 to Tories for wine tasting tour at fundraising dinner trends now
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The wife of one of Vladimir Putin's former ministers has given a five-figure sum to the Conservatives at a fundraising dinner.
Lubov Chernukhin, 49, successfully bid £30,000 for a wine-tasting tour that was offered as an auction prize at the event on Monday evening.
The cash takes Mrs Chernukhin's donations to the Tories to £2.1million – making her the biggest female political donor in British history. This includes £879,000 during Boris Johnson's leadership.
Her husband Vladimir served as Russia's deputy finance minister for two years from 2000 to 2002.
He then became chairman of state-owned investment bank Vnesheconombank, but is said to have fallen out of
