Britain has ratcheted up pressure on Russia by announcing sanctions against 65 more businesses and individuals as the war in Ukraine entered its second month, but ministers were urged to go further and crack down on gas imports and oligarchs hiding their wealth in trust funds.
Among those who had their assets frozen were six banks and a defence company that produces drones, as well as the Wagner Group, which the UK said had reportedly been tasked with assassinating the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
