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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn and Pippa Crerar

Mass airlift of UK nationals from Russia impossible, says James Cleverly

Russian police officers guard an entrance to Red Square in Moscow.
Russian police officers guard an entrance to Red Square in Moscow. Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA

It would be impossible for Britain to conduct a mass airlift of its nationals from Russia, but the UK government is planning for “all scenarios” after the country pulled back from the brink of civil war, the UK foreign secretary has said.

James Cleverly said he could not give an accurate figure for the number of Britons still in Russia, although the UK government is understood to believe the number is in the “single thousands”.

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