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International partners imposed a first tranche of targeted sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, after the country ordered what it termed “ peacekeeping ” troops into breakaway regions of Ukraine. This is not, as yet, what one UK official called the “ seismic ” hit in terms of punitive actions against Moscow.... Other measures were “ at readiness ”, he added. The sanctions are aimed at the “ fretwork ” of energy infrastructure and financing on which Russia depends, according to a Whitehall sourc

Transneft transports Russian oil through pipelines and is one of Russia’s most important state-owned companies.... He is the owner of a complex of buildings on the Black Sea known as" Putin’s Palace" and has a stake in a construction contractor Mostotrest.... They have benefited from billion-dollar contracts with Gazprom and the Sochi Winter Olympics, and were responsible for constructing a bridge linking Crimea to Russia following its annexation in 2014....

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UK’s prime minister has announced that it will hit five Russian banks and three wealthy individuals with sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine. The move is part of Britain’s “ first barrage ” of punitive measures ahead of a feared full-scale invasion by Moscow. Boris Johnson told the Commons on Tuesday that immediate sanctions would be deployed against the Russian banks Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank, as well as three “ very high net wealth individuals ”....

The sanctions imposed on five banks and three Russian businessmen are unlikely to have a significant effect on British businesses or the economy. But global sanctions and stricter ones being threatened by the Prime Minister could have a greater impact, analysts have said. The five banks named by Boris Johnson only have a small footprint in the UK – although the largest one Promsvyazbank did have ambitions to float on the London Stock Exchange a decade ago. They are already under sanctions in the

Britain will make it “ as painful as possible ” for Russia if President Vladimir Putin unleashes an all-out attack on Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned.Ms Truss said the Russian leader appears to be “ hell-bent ” on invading his neighbour, including potentially an assault on the capital, Kyiv. She said the Government has further measures “ in the locker ” which it could activate, after an initial tranche of sanctions announced on Tuesday was widely criticised as being too weak. Pri

On his own benches, Mr Johnson was told by former Prime Minister Theresa May that “ the battle in which we must now engage is nothing more or less than the defence of democracy itself ”.... In the Lords, former Navy chief Lord West of Spithead said the UK and US should be preparing to make Putin’s “ eyes water ”.... The Labour peer, a member of Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee, said Putin had “ made a calculation the pain isn’t that much and I have to say at the moment I would