Boris Johnson addressing the House of Commons
"Putin will stand condemned in the eyes of the world and of history; he will never be able to cleanse the blood of Ukraine from his hand...now we see him for what he is: a blood-stained aggressor who believes in imperial conquest."
"Putin will stand condemned in the eyes of the world and of history; he will never be able to cleanse the blood of Ukraine from his hand...now we see him for what he is: a blood-stained aggressor who believes in imperial conquest."
Johnson announces
-imposing full asset freeze on VTB bank.
-"total expulsion of Russian banks from UK financial system, accessing sterling and clearing payments through the UK"
-ban Russian state/private companies dealing in the UK.
-sanctions on Belarus too
-imposing full asset freeze on VTB bank.
-"total expulsion of Russian banks from UK financial system, accessing sterling and clearing payments through the UK"
-ban Russian state/private companies dealing in the UK.
-sanctions on Belarus too
Johnson also announces
-limitation amount of money Russian nationals can deposit in UK bank accounts
-banning Aeroflot from the UK
-export controls to Russia, including on tech
-new measures on unexplained wealth orders
-set up "kleptocracy" unit in National Crime Agency
-limitation amount of money Russian nationals can deposit in UK bank accounts
-banning Aeroflot from the UK
-export controls to Russia, including on tech
-new measures on unexplained wealth orders
-set up "kleptocracy" unit in National Crime Agency
On Swift Johnson says "Nothing is off the table" but says unity is vital among G7 and partners, implying it isn't right there on Swift
Johnson: "The House will understand a heavy truth: We now live in a continent where an expansionist power deploying one of the world's most formidable military machines is trying to conquer in blood and redraw the map of Europe by force of arms."
Keir Starmer responds: "In this dark hour, our thoughts, our solidarity and resolve are with the Ukrainian people. Invading troops march in their streets...they've been cast into a war which is no fault of their own, because Putin fears their freedom."
Starmer: "Russia's democratic neighbours...are watching their worst nightmare unfold. All of us who believe in democracy over dictatorship...in freedom over the jackboot of tyranny, must unite and take a stand."
Starmer: "Putin will eventually learn the same lesson that Europe’s tyrants learnt in the last century: that the resolve of the world is harder than he imagines, that people’s desire for freedom burns brighter than he can ever extinguish, that the light of liberty will prevail."
Starmer: "For too long our country has been a safe-haven for the money that Putin and his fellow bandits stole from the Russian people...Cracking open the shell-companies in which the stolen money is hidden will require legislation."
"Bring it forward immediately Prime Minister and Labour will support it."
https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1496898529859870722?s=20&t=TN7OgqLge959WbI7rKeFZQ
Starmer: "He [Putin] believes that we are too corrupted to do the right thing, so we must prove him wrong."
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