The UK government this morning announced sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs, including Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have estimated a £15bn sanction hit in total.
Abramovich joins leading industrialist Oleg Deripaska, worth £2 billion, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin and Alexei Miller, CEO of energy company Gazprom on the list of newly-sanctioned oligarchs
Foreign secretary Liz Truss said: “Today’s sanctions show once again that oligarchs and kleptocrats have no place in our economy or society. With their close links to Putin they are complicit in his aggression.
“The blood of the Ukrainian people is on their hands. They should hang their heads in shame.
“Our support for Ukraine will not waver. We will not stop in this mission to ramp up the pressure on the Putin regime and choke off funds to his brutal war machine.”
It comes as Ukrainian refugees with passports who have relatives in the UK will now be able to come to Britain online, in a Home Office U-turn announced by the home secretary.
