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John Dunne

MP attacks RMT union leader who ‘supported Putin separatist’

RMT assistant general secretary Eddie Dempsey, left, with pro-Putin separatist Aleksey Mozgovoy in eastern Ukraine

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A Labour MP has called on a leader of the union whose Tube strikes are causing misery for millions of Londoners to apologise for past support of a pro-Putin separatist in Ukraine.

RMT assistant general secretary Eddie Dempsey’s previous sympathies for Aleksey Mozgovoy were revealed on Wednesday.

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