Johnson accuses Putin of ‘indiscriminately killing children’ as Russia accused of war crimes March 1, 2022 Boris Johnson has accused Vladimir Putin of indiscriminately “sending missiles into tower blocks to kill children” as evidence of widespread Russian war crimes against Ukrainians begins to mount. The Prime Minister today said after a meeting with Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki that “I’m more convinced than ever as this hideous conflict progresses that Putin will [...]
City workers to get multi-year visas as part of inked UK-New Zealand trade deal February 28, 2022 City workers will now be eligible to access multi-year New Zealand visas, after the UK inked a post-Brexit trade deal with Jacinda Ardern’s government today. Department of International Trade estimates say the deal will add 0.03 per cent to UK GDP every year from 2035, with growth in UK services set to make up the [...]
UK outlines measures to clamp down on Russian oligarchs using the ‘London laundromat’ February 28, 2022 The UK has announced a package of measures today to help ban corrupt Russian oligarchs from laundering their money in London, which will aim to force foreign owners of British assets to reveal their true identities. Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the package will stop “oligarchs and kleptocrats from Russia and elsewhere” who “have used [...]
Ukraine: UK bans Russian banks from clearing payments in Sterling February 28, 2022 The UK will ban Russian banks from clearing payments in Sterling and has frozen the British assets of a further three financial instiutions today. Foreign secretary Liz Truss said the US will also ban Russian banks from clearing payments in US dollars as well. She said that investment firm VEB, Sovcombank and Otkritie Bank will [...]
Ukraine: Number 10 urges City firms to drop all ties to Kremlin-linked companies February 28, 2022 Number 10 has urged City firms to drop any associations with Kremlin-linked companies like Gazprom and Rosneft as the west ratchets up its economic sanctions against Russia. Boris Johnson’s official spokesman today told journalists that “no one should be supporting in any way or propping up in any way the efforts by Putin’s regime to [...]
Kremlin blames Liz Truss for Putin’s decision to raise nuclear alert level February 28, 2022 The Kremlin has blamed Liz Truss on Vladimir Putin’s decision yesterday to raise the country’s nuclear alert level. Putin put Russia’s nuclear forces on a “special regime of duty” yesterday, igniting fears of a global nuclear conflict. Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov today said: “There were unacceptable statements about possible conflict situations and even confrontations and [...]
Ukrainian delegation begins ceasefire talks with Kremlin officials February 28, 2022 Ukrainian government officials have arrived at the Belarus border for ceasefire talks with the Russian government, after four days of intense fighting across the country. The talks are reported to have began just after 9am GMT, with both sides agreeing to meet without “preconditions”. Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov was seen arriving to the negotiations [...]
Half of Boris Johnson’s cabinet at risk of losing their seats, says new poll February 27, 2022 Boris Johnson, half of his cabinet and 164 Tory MPs in total would lose their seats if an election happened today, according to new polling. The JL Partners’ MRP model poll, which projects the results of every UK constituency, sees the Conservatives cut down to just 201 seats and Labour with 354 to give them an [...]
Ukraine and Russian delegations to hold talks on Belarus border as Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert February 27, 2022 Delegations from the Ukrainian and Russian governments will meet on the Ukraine-Belarus border as Vladimir Putin today put his country’s nuclear deterrent forces on high alert. The move to put Russia’s nuclear forces on “special regime of duty” comes after Putin told top officials in a televised meeting that the west’s economic sanctions are “aggressive [...]
Michael Gove calling for UK to seize London homes of Russian oligarchs February 27, 2022 Michael Gove has told cabinet colleagues that the government should seize lavish London properties that are owned by Kremlin-linked oligarchs in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The housing secretary told a cabinet meeting on Thursday that more action was needed to clamp down on Russian dirty money being used to buy property in [...]
