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Sami Quadri

UK announces £1.7billion in fresh sanctions for Russia and Belarus to ‘thwart war’

Vladimir Putin (R) and Alexander Lukashenko (L)

(Picture: Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia and Belarus will face a new wave of sanctions that target £1.7billion of trade to “thwart” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the Government has announced.

The sanctions, outlined by the International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, involve import tariffs and export bans.

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