Off the shelf
How do we boycott Putin? Some things we traded with Russia, by value, between March and May 2014:
| Export | |
| Mineral fuels | £23m |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers and machinery | £164m |
| Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof | £46.6m |
| Art, antiques etc | £7.7m |
| Fish, crustaceans and molluscs | £3.25m |
| Umbrellas, walking sticks and riding crops | £170,925 |
| Explosives and pyrotechnic products | £11,998 |
| Import | |
| Mineral fuels | £1.36bn |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers and machinery | £1.37bn |
| Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof | £29.3m |
| Art, antiques etc | £11.6m |
| Fish, crustaceans and molluscs | £2.38m |
| Umbrellas, walking sticks and riding crops | £0 |
| Explosives and pyrotechnic products | £0 |
Source: UK Trade Info
If you have to ask…
A property developer complained after being charged £75 for three small bottles of water in the bar at the Wellesley Hotel, Knightsbridge. A few other notable bills:
S$707 (£335) for a king crab at Forum Seafood Valley Restaurant, Singapore $275 (£160) for pasta with white truffles at Nello, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side
€100 (£76) for four coffees and three liqueurs at Caffè Lavena in St Mark’s Square, Venice
€64 (£49) for four ice creams at Antica Rome, a parlour near the Spanish Steps
Emission statement
The Mayor of London proposed that diesel cars should pay an extra £10 congestion charge in London.
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