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He added: "This statement needs to contain a commitment to growing the economy and a grovelling apology for the amount of money that has been wasted".

This prompted her to issue a grovelling apology on Instagram, where she vowed "to heal the wounds" she had inflicted.

A K-pop star has issued a grovelling apology after incensed fans accused her of "betrayal" - because she has a boyfriend.

"Trying to run around with your hand outstretched, grovelling, begging for money, is pointless," Putin said in a televised address to Russia's political, military and business elite.

But its immediate collapse ended hopes of those new sources of income and forced the Glazers and FSG to make grovelling apologies to fans.