New sanctions list: Shutting the door after the private jet has bolted
Responding to the government’s new expanded sanctions list of Russian individuals, coming almost three weeks since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Layla Moran MP said:
This is shutting the door after the private jet has bolted. The Government has finally got their act together – but we should have been in this position weeks ago. This delay has given Putin’s cronies a priceless window to firesale their assets.
Now we need to go further. There are still too many associates of Putin getting away with it as we speak.
The fix to sanctions legislation is good news – but it means we can merely copy what our allies do. Liz Truss should bring proposals to Parliament to strengthen the legislation even further, so we can truly lead the way in clamping down on Kremlin-linked oligarchs.
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3 Comments
‘This is shutting the door after the private jet has bolted.’
Bank Mellat?
We have been nosying up to Russia for decades and it will take time to disentangle ourselves. If we’d remained in the eu there would not have been the same need to do this. Both main parties are to blame for not supporting the only organisation that stands against tyranny, defends democracy and supports human rights.
Peter Hirst
‘We have been nosying up to Russia for decades’
Maybe easier if you named a country that hasn’t, an estimated £118 billion funneled via Ireland,check out the French riviera, Marbella etc.
Agree with you on the vital role of NATO,without that tyranny, defence of democracy etc. would be impossible.