How British farmers are unwittingly funding Putin’s war machine

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Now, figures shared with The i Paper reveal that Vladimir Putin is exploiting this disruption to fill his war chest. Urea imports into the UK since the start of the Iran war represent an additional £8.2m in revenues for Russian producers, whose tax payments to the Kremlin go to fund Putin’s war against Ukraine. Tom Bradshaw, president of the National Farmers Union, warned that growers need access to affordable fertiliser to maintain food supplies. As a result, ministers insist that UK imports of Russian fertilisers are 80 per cent below pre-war levels. A spokesperson said: “Our sanctions are working, and Russian goods imports to the UK have fallen by 98 per cent compared to 2021.