Sir Keir Starmer has pressed Boris Johnson to sanction Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and a former deputy prime minister to Vladimir Putin. The Labour leader used Prime Minister's Questions to suggest more action is needed from the UK to "stand up to Putin and those who prop up his regime".
Mr Johnson would not comment on individual cases but insisted measures being brought forward to expose the ownership of properties will "continue to tighten the noose around Putin's regime". He added that a "full list of all those associated" with the Russian president's regime will be published.
Their exchanges came after the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, was given a standing ovation and cheered loudly by MPs after Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle confirmed he was in the Commons chamber. A spokesman for Russian-Israeli billionaire Mr Abramovich has previously claimed he is attempting to broker peace following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
