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Martina Bet

Jacob Rees-Mogg says Putin funded some of the ‘opposition to fracking’

Jacob Rees-Mogg (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed there have been widely reported stories that opposition to fracking has been funded by the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Business Secretary’s comments came as he was answering questions in the Commons on the lifting of the moratorium on shale gas extraction.

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