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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
David Bond,Rachael Burford and Nicholas Cecil

Boris Johnson unveils sanctions on five Russian banks and three individuals

Boris Johnson launched a first wave of UK sanctions against Russia on Tuesday after Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine, targeting five banks and three wealthy oligarchs with close links to the Kremlin.

In a statement to MPs at lunchtime on Tuesday, the Prime Minister said Britain was wielding “new and unprecedented” powers to target “Russian individuals and entities of strategic importance to the Kremlin”.

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