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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn and Adam Forrest

Boris Johnson to hit Putin and Lavrov with sanctions ‘imminently’, No 10 says

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Boris Johnson will “imminently” impose sanctions directly targeting Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in response to the Ukraine invasion, No 10 has announced.

It comes after the UK government imposed asset freezes on Russian banks, airlines and oligarchs close to the Kremlin on Thursday in response to military offensive in the eastern European country.

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