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Boris Johnson banned from Russia over ‘hostile’ stance on Ukraine war

Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Ben Wallace, Dominic Raab and Priti Patel also have been sanctioned

Evening Standard · Apr 16, 2022

Russia Bans Entry for UK PM Boris Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been sanctioned by Russia, alongside Cabinet ministers including Liz Truss, Dominic Raab and Rishi Sunak, in response to the UK's support for Ukraine

Daily Mirror · Apr 16, 2022

Moscow bars entry to Russia for UK's Johnson, Truss, Wallace

Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday it had barred entry to the country for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other British government members and politicians.

Reuters · Apr 16, 2022

David Lammy calls for new law to target proxies shielding Russian oligarchs from sanctions

‘There are too many loopholes in the UK’s sanctions regime,’ Labour frontbencher says

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

‘Inhumane’: UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda sparks criticism

Human rights groups slam a $156m trial scheme to offload thousands of refugees to Rwanda.

Al Jazeera · Apr 15, 2022

UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson’s Rwanda asylum plan

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

Boris Johnson’s India visit likely to propel free trade talks

The officials maintain that discussions with the U.K. over India’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict have remained “cordial”, with a respect for New Delhi’s hopes of a peaceful resolution through diplomatic means.

The Hindu · Apr 15, 2022

Psaki backtracks on Biden trip to Ukraine: ‘We are not sending the president’

‘No, that is not in the plans for the President of the United States’

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

Johnson to stay because of Ukraine? Nonsense. The war makes it more urgent that he go

The people of Ukraine are fighting for values that the British prime minister tramples on, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

'Tories are cowardly lickspittles trapped under the heel of dictator Boris Johnson'

Brian Reade says every Tory knows Boris Johnson held lockdown parties and lied to Parliament about them but they have sunk so low they will suffer any amount of humiliation just to cling to power

Daily Mirror · Apr 15, 2022