Home Office says it will tighten rules to keep ‘Kremlin-linked elites’ out of UK as Starmer speaks to European leaders – UK politics live
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Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:57:43 +0200
Keir Starmer to join European leaders on call to Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss Ukraine war Downing Street has not released advance extracts from the speech Keir Starmer will give this morning at the Ukraine conference, but yesterday he spoke on the phone to the French president Emmanuel Macron, the Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and the Nato general secretary Mark Rutte, and it issued readouts of all three conversations.In the calls Starmer restated his call for allies to work together to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position at this crucial moment for global security and stressed the importance of Ukraine being at the centre of any negotiations to end the conflict.On the third anniversary of the start of Russias illegal invasion, we all need to remember how this war started, and restate our shared values and why we collectively back Ukraine.The Conservatives are proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine.
They have been battling the most flagrant breach of territorial integrity and sovereignty in Europe in recent times.
They are on the frontline, protecting the principles that underpin our whole way of life democracy, liberty and the rule of law.Under the new measures, the government will expand the criteria for exclusion to cover Kremlinlinked elites.
This will ensure that, while Russia remains an acute national security threat, elites linked to the Russian state can be prevented from entering the UK.Those who could be barred from the UK include anyone who provides significant support to the Russian state and/or those who owe their significant status or wealth to the Russian state and/or those who enjoy access to the highest levels of the Russian state.Successive governments have welcomed the oligarchs and their money with open arms, providing them with a means of recycling illicit finance through the London laundromat, and connections at the highest levels with access to UK companies and political figures.
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