‘Putin using energy as a weapon,’ minister says

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Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi said that Vladimir Putin was using energy as a “weapon” because he was “failing badly” in the war in Ukraine.

He said: “Energy use by Putin means we’ve had very high inflation rates and we’ve got to try and bring down inflation.”

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