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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Hamish Morrison

Brexit campaigner loses legal battle over Russia links claims

Arron Banks funded the Leave.EU campaign during the Brexit referendum

THE multimillionaire Brexiteer Arron Banks has lost a libel case he launched against a journalist who accused him of lying about his relationship with Russia.

Banks, who funded the Leave.EU campaign group, sued the Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr (below, far right) after she twice said the businessman had covered up links with the Kremlin.

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