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Europe’s only sanctioned oil trader appeals decision citing ‘disinformation’

The only European sanctioned for trading Russian oil has petitioned a top EU court to overturn the decision, claiming the bloc’s actions were influenced by disinformation spread by a former business partner. In court papers filed at the EU’s General Court in February, lawyers for Dutch trader Niels Troost wrote that their client’s companies had…

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South Africa’s central bank governor sounds alarm on ‘rightwing populism’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South Africa’s central bank chief has warned counterparts in the world’s largest economies that their authority to set interest rates independent of political influence was under threat from rightwing populism. Lesetja Kganyago, governor of the…

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