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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Miranda Bryant

UK announces plan to ban exports of luxury goods to Russia

Vladimir Putin
Ministers hope the move will pile further pressure on Vladimir Putin. Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images

UK ministers have announced plans to pile further pressure on Vladimir Putin by banning exports of luxury goods to Russia as the health secretary accused Moscow of war crimes amid repeated attacks on Ukrainian hospitals.

The announcement of the plans, details of which Downing Street said would be set out in the coming days, came as the prime minister, Boris Johnson, and other G7 leaders committed to increasing pressure on the Russian president.

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