Breaking: UK to sanction Putin and Lavrov - PM

[Wicked Blue]

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Source: BBC

The UK will introduce sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov imminently, Boris Johnson has said.

A No 10 spokeswoman said that during a phone call with Nato leaders on Friday, the UK prime minister warned Putin was "engaging in a revanchist mission to over-turn post-Cold War order" and that his "ambitions might not stop there and that this was a Euro-Atlantic crisis with global consequences".

The statement also mentioned the Swift international payments network, which Ukraine has been calling for Russia to be banned from.

"The prime minister urged leaders to take immediate action against Swift to inflict maximum pain on President Putin and his regime," it says.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60517447

[Bev54]

1. Good, I hope all will follow their lead n/t

[SheltieLover]

2. Good!

[highplainsdem]

3. Good!

[Wednesdays]

4. You might want to add a colon after the first word of the headline

As it stands now, the headline has an entirely different meaning that you wish to convey.

[Wicked Blue]

6. You're right

I pasted the exact headline

Added colon to clarify

[yaesu]

5. Well, the US is now the only major power not doing this after the UK & EU did so think its time. nt

[Tomconroy]

7. Ought to start confiscating some of those mansions in Mayfair.

And don't let any of the klepto billionaires pass through immigration.

[turbinetree]

8. I agree ban them from SWIFT....

[OneCrazyDiamond]

9. I was watching a clip with Rachel Maddow on sanctions

and she said sanctioning Putin personally would hurt us somehow, but I didn't understand why him personally was worse then the oligarchs. Does anyone know what she meant? She didn't cover why in the clip.

[Traildogbob]

10. At minimum

Freeze enough of their cash they can’t buy another President here. We could cut GQP campaign funds in half. They can’t live on MAGA SS donations too long.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. I'm amazed Putin wasn't already under the maximum sanctions for Crimea and poison attacks

I can understand expanding sanctions to lower levels now, but Putin should have been persona non grata 8 years ago or more.

[Spazito]

12. *LOCKING*

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