Russian President Vladimir Putin looms large Keir Starmer’s political rise.
he once provided legal aid Alexander Litvinenko’s A former KGB defector was left a widow when he was poisoned in London. More than a decade later, when a second Russian dissident was murdered in Britain, his lawyer-turned-parliamentarian was outraged by the actions of his own dissident. Labor Party He is vague about criticizing President Putin. People close to him say this was the moment he decided to run as Labor leader in order to “clean up the problem” of keeping opposition parties out of government.