Tory party’s ex-chair to be paid to advise firm with links to sanctions-hit Russians

MP Brandon Lewis will be paid 250,000 a year by LetterOne, investment group 49% owned by two oligarchs

The former Conservative party chair, Brandon Lewis, will be paid 250,000 a year to advise a company part-owned by two Russian oligarchs with sanctions placed against them.

The job at LetterOne, an investment group 49% owned by Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, is Lewis's fifth on top of his role as an MP, and his total earnings will come to almost 500,000 a year.