McCain London Fundraiser Tied To Deported Russian Oligarch

John McCain is on a world tour, and after flunking Middle East Politics 101 on the Jordan leg of his trip, he's now on his way to London, where his campaign will hold a fundraising event. (For American citizens only as foreigners can't contribute.) Proper attire for the luncheon affair is "lounge wear," according to the Washington Post, which also reported that the event will be held at Spencer House on St. James's Place, "by kind permission" of Lord Rothschild and Nathaniel Rothschild.

The latter "may become the richest Rothschild of them all," according to a profile last year in the New York Times. The story said Nathaniel Rothschild was "close to becoming a billionaire through a web of private equity investments" in Eastern Europe, and that he was "a principal adviser to Oleg Deripaska, one of the richest oligarchs in Russia." Indeed, the Daily Mail has said that Rothschild's wealth had "been accrued in his role as the adviser to" Deripaska.

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