Dominic Raab has said that Global Britain is open to Russian money comint into the UK, as long as it is not linked to Vladimir Putin's regime.

       The Deputy Prime Minister told Sky News: “We’re not targeting all international finance coming into the UK, we want to be open to that.

       “We’re not targeting blanket Russian money, we’re targeting the corrupt, the kleptocrats, the ones linked to Putin and his war machine.

       He said that the UK wanted to remain “open to business and open to international investment - it’s part of our USP as Global Britain.”

       When asked if the UK was going quick enough on sanctions, such as seizing Russian yachts, he said: “We need evidence to seize properties. It has been put about that we’re slow or we’re lagging behind.

       “Actually we’ve sanctioned more Russian banks than the EU, including the biggest Russian bank. We’ve prevented millions of Russian companies from being listed in the UK or raising loans in the UK.”

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       Asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme whether Mr Abramovich should be able to do "what he wants to" with the proceeds of the sale, the Deputy Prime Minister said: "I'm not going to talk about individual sanctions on individuals."

       Pressed on the case of Mr Abramovich and the sale of his Premier League club, Mr Raab said: "We don't talk about individual cases before the sanctions are imposed.

       "We have overnight imposed sanctions on Mr (Alisher) Usmanov and (Igor) Shuvalov, but the reason we do it is, first of all, precisely because it is contested and, as Justice Secretary, I can't prejudge these things.

       "But, more importantly, we do not want to give advance sight to anyone of the measures that we take."

       The Justice Secretary is looking to change the law to prevent Russian oligarchs and kleptocrats from exploiting the British justice system to "silence" those investigating corruption linked to Vladimir Putin's regime.

       He told BBC Breakfast he was looking it "as a matter of urgency and will be producing proposals on very shortly".

       "We have seen oligarchs and kleptocrats and those with links to Putin coming into this country and suing under our libel laws those who are shining a light, whether it is authors or NGOs, on corruption and abuse.

       "And that is an abuse of our system and I'm going to be putting forward proposals to deal with that and to prevent that.

       "It cannot be right that kleptocrats and those with links to Putin can silence those shining a light on those excesses and use our courts to do so."

       Mark Drakeford, the Welsh First Minister , who told Sky News that Wales hopes to be "a nation of sanctuary" for Ukrainian refugees, said the aid would help people on the front line.

       "For those people for whom Wales could be even a temporary home, a temporary place of sanctuary, we will want to do everything we can to welcome them and to provide for them," he added

       Dominic Raab was asked on Times Radio whether he saw the conflict ending with the Russian president "imprisoned for war crimes".

       He said: "I think it is a very real risk that he must now contemplate.

       "Beyond his personal situation, every commander operating in Ukraine, or indeed Moscow, when they are faced with illegal orders, whether it is to target civilians or otherwise, attack illegal or unlawful sites, they now know the ICC (international criminal court ) is investigating and the chief prosecutor Karim Khan is, I believe, travelling to Ukraine.

       "They must now know that they face the very real risk of ending up in the dock of a court and, ultimately, in a prison if they follow through on those illegal, unlawful orders."

       Dominic Raab was asked during broadcast interviews why the European Union had sanctioned more individual Russian elites than Britain.

       Speaking to BBC Breakfast, the Deputy Prime Minister said it was a "false distinction" to make, adding: "The question is not whether it is individuals or companies - it is where the money is flowing."

       "We've been at the vanguard of taking action and, of course, what is really important is we act in concert with our allies, European, American and other Nato allies.

       "For example, we have sanctioned more Russian banks than the EU, including Sberbank, which is the biggest Russian bank. We've made it clear and introduced measures so that three million Russian companies cannot raise loans or get listed on the UK stock market.

       Vladimir Putin made clear on Thursday that "the worst is yet to come" as fighting in Ukraine continued for a ninth day. Here are five things you need to know about developments in the war with Russia.

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       Dominic Raab told Times Radio: "It is clearly reckless, irresponsible and not only the fact they were shooting, bombarding that particular site, but when the Ukrainian emergency authorities were trying to put out the fire, the shelling continued.

       "It must stop. We support the Ukrainians in dealing with the security situation there but also I think come down hard on Vladimir Putin.

       "That's why the Prime Minister has called for an emergency United Nations security council meeting in New York so the entire international community can address this, because of course it is a much wider threat, given the nuclear implications.

       "It is an affront to the world at large."

       Lord David Owen, former Foreign Secretary, joins Christopher Hope to discuss why he thinks Ukraine is Vladimir Putin's undoing, how the Russian President's approach has radically changed since he first took power, and his fears about nuclear threats.

       You can listen to the latest episode of Chopper's Politics Podcast here.

       Following last night's attack on the Ukrainian nuclear facility, Dominic Raab is fielding questions on the morning round.

       The Deputy Prime Minister told Sky News that the attack on the nuclear facility in Ukraine was “at the very least it was clearly a reckless bombardment of a very sensitive, precarious and dangerous facility."

       “The fact they kept bombarding it when there was a fire and the Ukrainian rescue teams were trying to get to it makes it doubly reprehensible," he said.

       In other news Labour has won the by-election in Birmingham Erdington.

       Later in Parliament, only the House of Lords is sitting where it is debating private members' bills.

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