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Oscar Williams-Grut

Lord Barker bows to pressure and quits as chair of Russia’s EN+

Lord (Greg) Barker

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Tory peer Lord Barker has bowed to intense public pressure and quit the board of EN+, the Russian metals giant backed by sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

EN+ said Lord Barker, who was the UK’s energy minister from 2010 until 2014, had resigned and would leave following a “short” handover period. The Conservative peer has chaired the board since 2017.

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