On a Friday afternoon in April 2022, Mark MacGann sat alone at the kitchen table in his farmhouse in the south of France and wrote a LinkedIn message to a journalist he had never met. He had been listening to podcasts about Russian oligarchs and their enablers in London — lawyers, politicians, lobbyists, accountants — and felt he had something to contribute. He did not say much, only that he had “lived experience” to share and wondered if the journalist — me — might take a call.
2022年4月的一個周五下午,馬克?麥克甘(Mark MacGann)獨自坐在他位于法國南部的農舍廚房餐桌前,給一位素未謀面的記者寫了一條領英(LinkedIn)消息。他一直在收聽有關俄羅斯寡頭及其在倫敦的幫手——律師、政客、說客、會計師——的播客,覺得自己也有可供貢獻的東西。他沒多說,只表示自己有一些“親身經歷”可以分享,并想知道這位記者——也就是我——是否愿意接個電話。