Extract from Commons debate on the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill - Mar 7

Dr Kieran Mullan (Crewe and Nantwich) (Con):...The whole of the west has been too slow to act, and we can see we are all paying a price for that now. Every time we dealt with this regime’s puppets, we strengthened Putin. Every time Europe allowed its energy dependency to grow, we strengthened Putin. Whether it was behind closed doors, or in plain sight when they proceeded with the plans for Nord Stream 2  we know that ultimately that money and those projects date back to a corrupt, criminal regime that stole its funding from the Russian people...

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