Who Funds You? 2023 report on Think Tanks
Posted: 18th December 2023
The Who Funds You? 2023 report into think tank transparency is out now.
And for the first time ever, we’ve rated think tanks not only on transparency but on influence – in policy and online.
Following our report, a press regulator boss has urged journalists to be wary of claims made by ‘dark money’ think tanks.
Check out the full report here.
What happened next?
Early this year, our investigation revealed that the UK government helped a sanctioned Putin ally sue a British journalist.
Yevgeny Prigozhin was the founder of Wagner, a private army which for years has been accused of human rights abuses and war crimes in Ukraine and across the world.
Now, Discreet Law, the company at the centre of the Prigozhin scandal, seems to have folded.
Find out more here, and read all of our coverage on Yevgeny Prigozhin by clicking the button below.
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