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Bank of England governor walks out of IMF summit in protest against Russia

Trade News UK household desk (2026-10-17): The Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, has taken part in a walkout of finance leaders who left an International Monetary Fund meeting in protest against… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

Bank of England governor walks out of IMF summit in protest against Russia

The Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, has taken part in a walkout of finance leaders who left an International Monetary Fund meeting in protest against Russian involvement.

Bailey joined counterparts from France, Germany and a number of Scandinavian and Baltic countries who left the session in Bangkok when the Russian finance minister, Anton Siluanov, addressed the group in Russian.

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