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@FT journalist in🇨🇭🇦🇹. Formerly FT investigations, @UCLSSEES & FT defence & security editor. Also @LSEhistory alum. Find me on Bluesky Social - same handle.
Apr 28, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
FT splash this morning: Europe’s leading energy cos are about to sign up to a Kremlin-devised scheme:

It will sidestep EU sanctions & funnel money via Switzerland to keep the gas flowing - pumping billions of urgently needed roubles into Russia’s economy
enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/19cc605… Under the scheme, companies will open two accounts with Gazprombank in Switzerland.

Which is not at all an evil villain’s lair. Image