Jeremy Hunt calls for fresh EU sanctions against Russia
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from on (#3X641)
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Jeremy Hunt has urged the EU to stand shoulder to shoulder with the US administration by imposing more comprehensive sanctions against Russia.
In his first speech since his appointment as foreign secretary, Hunt renewed the British attack on Russian efforts to undermine liberal democracies, saying Vladimir Putin had made the world "a more dangerous place", and that, after a chemical weapons attack in England, the EU should apply more pressure to protect western democracy from Russian interference and ensure Russia sticks to international rules.
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