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and it s particularly focused, magnified, for the poor, because they spend more of their money or what little money they may have, it goes to food. and so when the food prices go up, it means they eat less and have less money for anything else, for schooling. and so that means that it s really an unfair kind of crisis. it hits the poorest, the hardest. the bbc s discovered evidence that a major tory party donor was a director of a company secretly owned by a russian oligarch close to president putin. lubov chernukhin says she does not recall consenting in writing to being a director of the company. the oligarch, suleiman kerimov who s since been sanctioned by the eu and the uk has previously denied any connection with mrs chernukhin. our economics correspondent andy verity reports.
ahead to make these towns safe enough for people and life to return. anna foster, bbc news, kyiv. the bbc s discovered evidence that a major tory party donor was a director of a company secretly owned by a russian oligarch close to president putin. lubov chernukhin says she does not recall consenting in writing to being a director of the company. the oligarch, suleiman kerimov who s since been sanctioned by the eu and the uk has previously denied any connection with mrs chernukhin. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. lubov chernukhin has donated large sums to the conservatives, to play tennis with david cameron and borisjohnson, and £135,000 for a night out with theresa may and members of the cabinet. she is reportedly on a secret advisory board of ultra wealthy tory donors with access to party leaders.
has previously denied any connection with lubov chernukhin. mrs chernukhin says she does not recall consenting in writing to being a director of the company. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. lubov chernukhin has donated large sums to the conservatives, to play tennis with david cameron and borisjohnson, and £135,000 for a night out with theresa may and members of the cabinet. she s reportedly on a secret advisory board of ultra wealthy tory donors with access to party leaders. her husband, vladimir chernukhin, is a businessman and former deputy finance minister who fled russia after being dismissed by president putin in 2004. two years ago, we revealed how he had been secretly funded with $8 million by a russian oligarch from putin s inner circle. that oligarch, now subject to uk, us and eu sanctions, is suleiman kerimov. he denied having any dealings
thatis already is the least serious. if that is the case, then this could get a whole lot harder for the minister. . ~ ., get a whole lot harder for the minister. w ., ., ~ minister. vicki prime young, thank ou. minister. vicki prime young, thank yom vicki minister. vicki prime young, thank you. vicki young, minister. vicki prime young, thank you. vicki young, thank- minister. vicki prime young, thank you. vicki young, thank you. i the pressures of the cost of living were made very evident today, with new figures showing that prices are going up at their fastest rate for 30 years, driven by a sharp rise in the cost of petrol and diesel. the inflation rate, which measures how much prices are increasing, rose to 7% in the year to march, up from 6.2% in february. but that figure doesn t take into account the much higher gas and electricity bills which millions of us are now paying. once that is factored in, inflation is likely to be even higher. 0ur economics correspondent a