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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Lee Sorrell

French recycling giant with links to Russia gets millions from UK taxpayers

Waste and recycling giant Veolia has been handed millions of pounds of UK taxpayers’ cash while it ­continues to do business in Russia.

The French firm rakes in up to £100million a year for providing waste and heating services in Russia and has rejected calls to pull out.

And since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the multinational has won contracts or a share of deals worth more than £500m with British government departments, agencies and councils.

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