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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Katrine Bussey

Scottish Government calls for ‘maximum pressure’ on Putin

The UK needs to apply “maximum pressure” on Russia in a bid to force the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine, Scotland’s External Affairs Secretary said as he called for the Russian ambassador and other diplomats to be expelled.

Angus Robertson also insisted Westminster needs to “change its policy and allow refugees from Ukraine into the UK” in the same way that other European nations have done.

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