Written questions

Russia: Export Controls

Commons · Question 34074 · Tabled 26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 19 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to end all (a) non-humanitarian aid, (b) trade, (c) financial services and (d) exports to Russia.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 19 Mar 2025

In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the UK has put in place an unprecedented package of sanctions.The UK has locked most of the Russian banking sector out of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), frozen Russia's...