>... provisions allow sanctioned people to cover their "basic needs", including the ability to apply for a licence to pay for legal fees.

So, Prigozhin hired Discreet Law to sue investigative reporter Eliot Higgins who has been left with £70,000 in legal costs despite the case being dropped.

Higgins's website Bellingcat had recently published a story naming Prigozhin, aka Putin's chef, as the man behind the Wagner Group.

The cost of legal fees prevents most people from seeking justice.