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Edinburgh University has shares worth millions in Russian bank and firm linked to Putin
Edinburgh University has shares worth £1m in a bank sanctioned after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and more than £6m in a Dutch firm with links to Vladimir Putin.
March 3, 2022
MSP pension fund has shares in Russian bank
The pension fund for Scotland’s MSPs has shares in a Russian bank called Sberbank which has been sanctioned following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
February 27, 2022
Lothian Pension Fund drops Israeli bank at centre of divestment campaign
Lothian Pension Fund no longer holds shares in an Israeli bank which finances illegal West Bank settlements.
June 15, 2021
Council fund invested £7m in Israeli bank fined for football bribe scandal
A council pension fund has shares worth nearly £7m in an Israeli bank fined in the US for its involvement in a Fifa corruption scandal.
May 10, 2020
Claim Scottish banknotes are not ‘legal tender’ in England is True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the argument over whether Scottish banknotes are 'legal tender' in England.
April 10, 2019
Westminster ordered to name MPs in hard Brexit lobby group
The Information Commissioner has ruled that the UK government must name the MPs that belong to the European Research Group, which favours a hard Brexit and is led by Jacob-Rees Mogg MP.
March 12, 2019
Scots pension fund sells shares in controversial Israeli bank
A council pension fund has sold its shares in an Israeli bank at the centre of a global divestment campaign due to its financing of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
August 22, 2018
Call for Westminster probe into Tory ‘dark money’ donations
A campaign group has written to Westminster’s Commissioner for Standards to request an investigation into the conduct of two Tory MPs after The Ferret highlighted inconsistencies in their reporting of "dark money" donations.
July 24, 2018
Edinburgh University criticised for investment in sanctioned Russian bank
Edinburgh University has been criticised for holding shares in a Russian bank under sanctions from both the United States and the European Union.
November 20, 2017