Britain and allies "took their eye off the ball" over Russia in the aftermath of the Cold War, the Foreign Secretary has admitted.
The West "essentially provided the funding" for Moscow to boost its military by buying Kremlin oil and gas - at the same time as slashing spending on their own Armed Forces, Liz Truss told the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
Countries need to wean themselves off Russia’s hydrocarbons and “all the free world need to rethink their economic dependence” on Vladimir Putin 's regime, she told MPs.
