UK targets new Russia sanctions on March 15 if new laws approved

49th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will be able to sanction hundreds of individuals on March 15 if emergency legislation is passed as scheduled, foreign minister Liz Truss said on Monday.

“If parliament passes the legislation by Monday the 14th of March we will be able to sanction the hundreds of individuals by next Tuesday, the 15th of March,” she said.

(Reporting by Muvija M., writing by William James; editing by James Davey)

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