'Lavish lifestyles' of Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov's daughters targeted by UK sanctions
, including whether or not they currently hold assets in the UK.
The new sanctions come as the UK government said the action taken by it and international partners had led to £275 billion of assets being frozen. om Friday, the Foreign Office said this was"60% of Russian foreign currency reserves", with the package of sanctions leading to a degradation of the Russian economy on a scale not seen in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said:"Through the G7, we are working with partners to end the use of Russian energy and further hit Putin's ability to fund his illegal and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. "Together, we are tightening the ratchet on Russia's war machine, cutting off Putin's sources of cash.
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