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A Russian oil and gas magnate whose companies bankrolled 34 Tory MPs and gave the party £700,000 was today accused of making a fortune from an allegedly corrupt Russian pipeline deal as the Conservatives were further dragged into the Pandora Papers scandal because of their cosy relationship with oligarchs

Mr Amersi, who denies any wrongdoing, has now been named in leaked documents as being involved in a controversial $220m (£162m) payment to a secretive offshore company in 2010 while working for a Swedish telecoms company. His outing on the other side of the pond comes after Universal producers said No Time To Die raked in…