Poland’s complicated relationship with Ukraine
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 25 September 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Russia has succeeded in avoiding G7 sanctions on most of its oil exports, Poland is calling for less support for Ukraine, China’s answer to the World Bank wants to commit more money to climate, and the restaurant group, Big Mamma, is going global thanks to private equity.
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Russia dodges G7 price cap sanctions on most of its oil exports
A tug of war in Poland and Slovakia
‘China’s World Bank’ plans to triple climate change lending by 2030
Big Mamma restaurant group sells majority stake to private equity
CREDIT: DW News - Poland says it will no longer supply weapons to Ukraine
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:12.2 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:13.7 | Today is Monday, September 25. |
| 0:15.8 | This is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:19.0 | Russia is dodging sanctions on some of its oil exports. |
| 0:22.6 | Private equity is helping a famous restaurant group expand globally |
| 0:26.4 | and tensions are high between Poland and its war-torn neighbor Ukraine. |
| 0:30.8 | It is alarming to see how some in Europe, some our friends in Europe |
| 0:37.6 | play out solidarity in political theatre. |
| 0:41.0 | I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:57.0 | Russia has been avoiding sanctions from the G7 that put a price cap on oil exports. |
| 1:02.1 | The FT found Russia created a so-called dark fleet of oil tankers that operate outside |
| 1:07.8 | of western surveillance. |
| 1:09.7 | In August, almost three-quarters of Russian oil shipped by sea bypassed the sanctions. |
| 1:16.5 | The G7 instituted a price cap last December to limit Russia's oil sale revenues. |
| 1:22.1 | The money is an important part of how the country funds its war in Ukraine. |
| 1:26.6 | Last week, Poland's president Anjay Duda compared Ukraine to a drowning person |
| 1:35.7 | that could end up bringing down their rescuer. |
| 1:38.2 | Then, the country's prime minister up the stakes. |
| 1:41.5 | Prime Minister Mateusz Morovitsky told the Polish television station, |
| 1:45.8 | we are no longer transferring weapons to Ukraine because we are now arming Poland with more modern |
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