The UK has announced that all imports of Russian coal and oil to this country will end by the close of 2022. There will be a similar stoppage of gas imports “as soon as possible thereafter”, the Foreign Office said.
In the latest raft of punitive sanctions against Russia, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss also announced a full asset freeze on the country's biggest bank, Sberbank, reports MirrorOnline. The strict new measures follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's call for the West to punish Vladimir Putin's regime for "war crimes" uncovered in Bucha, where people with their hands tied were found in the streets in apparent executions.
Imports of Russian steel to the UK were also banned, less than a week after the Mirror revealed 3,700 tonnes of Russian “strip mill” had been brought to Britain since the war began on February 24.
