Now Labour minister Tulip Siddiq faces questions over $1bn Russian arms deal her aunt penned on family visit to the Kremlin
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Labour minister Tulip Siddiq was facing fresh questions last night after it emerged her aunt penned a $1billion Russian arms deal on their family visit to the Kremlin. The Treasury minister, who is responsible for stamping out economic crime in Britain’s financial sector, was this week named in an anti-corruption probe in Bangladesh.
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She is alleged to have been involved in brokering a 2013 deal with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, from which up to £4billion is said to have been embezzled. Ms Siddiq’s aunt, Sheikh Hasina – who was until recently prime minister of Bangladesh for more than 20 years – is also being investigated, along with her mother, Sheikh Rehana Siddiq, court papers revealed.
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Footage from 2013 shows Ms Siddiq watching on as Hasina and the Russian president signed the deal at the Kremlin. She is also pictured posing next to her aunt and Putin. But as well as signing the agreement for the nuclear power plant, Ms Siddiq’s aunt also penned a deal for a $1billion (£800million) loan to Bangladesh to buy Russian weapons and military equipment.
In a statement following talks between Hasina and Putin, the Russian president said: ‘Our countries intend to expand defence cooperation. Russia (and you have seen the signing of this agreement) will extend a $1billion loan to Bangladesh to buy Russian weapons and military equipment.’.
