Extract from Commons statement on Sanctions - Feb 28

The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Elizabeth Truss):...Today, we have acted with the US, the EU, Japan and Canada to cut off Russia’s central bank from our markets. The rouble has fallen by more than 40% as a result. As much as $250 billion has been wiped off the Russian stock market and, today, its stock market is closed. The EU, Germany, Sweden and others are following our lead in providing defensive weapons to Ukraine, and Germany has frozen Nord Stream 2 ..

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