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Evening Standard
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Robert Dex

Liz Truss dubbed PM ‘Russi Sunak’ in row over Russian invasion, book claims

Liz Truss once branded her successor as Prime Minister “Russi Sunak” in a row over the government’s response to the invasion of Ukraine, according to a new book.

The two politicians are reported to have clashed when serving under Boris Johnson with Liz Truss, then Foreign Secretary, wanting to take a tougher line on Putin’s Russia than the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

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