Canada, Britain discussing Russia sanctions if it invades Ukraine, says U.K. envoy
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Britain's envoy to Canada says the two countries are co-operating on a tough new set of sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine.
Susannah Goshko, the British High Commissioner to Canada, said her country's passage of new sanctions legislation on Thursday will strengthen its ability to target individuals close to President Vladimir Putin if Russian forces put one toe over the Ukraine border.
“We will be ready to go with sanctions,” Goshko said in an interview Thursday. “This new, enhanced sanctions regime will allow us to put in place really hard-hitting sanctions at that moment. And we've been working really closely with a range of allies on this, including Canada.”
Goshko spoke as British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss held talks in Moscow with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and Prime Minister Boris Johnson flew to Brussels and Poland.
In London on Thursday, the British parliament enacted a new sanctions law that targets Russian political figures as well as the powerful oligarchs that are backing Putin.
