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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

West must hit Russian economy even harder, says Liz Truss

Liz  Truss meets Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw
LIz Truss met Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki on her two-day visit. Photograph: Jakub Stezycki/Reuters

The west has frozen more than $350bn (£266bn) of Russia’s $604bn foreign currency reserves, Liz Truss said on Tuesday.

Britain’s foreign secretary revealed on the second day of her visit to Warsaw that 60% of Moscow’s reserves were now unavailable to it, slightly higher than recent calculations. It follows US Treasury moves on Monday to make it harder for Russia to pay back its dollar-denominated debt.

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