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HANSARDRussia: SanctionsAs I said, we put through the Criminal Finances Act 2017, our global anti-corruption sanctions regime. We are reviewing the tier 1 visas and will introduce the economic crime…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsAs I outlined earlier, we have taken action against illicit finance and corruption. We have established the National Cyber Security Centre and we are working hard to support…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsLet us be clear: it is the Russian regime that has amassed the tanks and troops on the Ukrainian border. It is the Russian regime that has escalated aggression, and not just…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI know that my hon. Friend has recently visited the western Balkans. We are absolutely looking at what more we can do on sanctions on the regime there, as well as at how we target…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI do not accept the hon. Lady’s talking down of the UK’s role. It was at the G7 meeting in Liverpool that we agreed with our allies, including the United States, the EU and Japan,…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy right. Friend is completely right. Let us remember that Russia signed up to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the 1994 Budapest agreement. It signed up to…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsAs I said, I am not going to talk about the individuals or entities that could be targeted, but it will be anyone who is of strategic or economic interest to the Russian state.…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI thank my hon. Friend for his work as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Ukraine. Ukraine is vital. It is a freedom-loving democracy in Europe. If we do not work…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsThe legislation we are putting forward is about being able to target entities and individuals that are of strategic or economic interest in the Russian state. We are broadening it…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why the UK is supplying support from the high north through to the Baltics and through to the Black sea, backing up NATO as the…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsThe answer is that the Ukrainian Government are very grateful for the support that the United Kingdom is giving. Of all the European NATO allies, we are the largest supplier of…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI suggest he goes to Ukraine and asks the Ukrainian Government which of their allies they think is giving them the most support. The answer is that the United Kingdom has supplied…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI suggest that the hon. Gentleman goes to Ukraine—31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy right hon. Friend makes an excellent point. We are looking at all the channels that we can communicate through directly to the Russian people as well as to the Russian…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsOur approach in dealing with the issue of Russian aggression is both deterrence and diplomacy. That is why the UK has been at the forefront in supplying defensive weapons to…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsWe are reviewing the tier 1 visas that were granted before 5 April. [Official Report, 20 April 2022, Vol. 712, c. 4MC.] I am sure the Home Secretary will have more to say about…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsWe have taken a number of measures in recent years: namely, the Criminal Finances Act 2017 and the review we are conducting of visas. I am saying that the most far-reaching…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI thank my right hon. Friend for his suggestion. I would be happy to meet the gentleman he mentions.31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI can reassure the hon. Gentleman that absolutely nothing is off the table in terms of who and which organisations we will target with these sanctions. We are very committed to…31 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy hon. Friend is right in what he says about the work that the Foreign Affairs Committee has done to champion this issue. This is why we are introducing a much tougher sanctions…31 Jan 2022