today, the premier league welcomed the sale of chelsea football club by its russian owner, roman abramovich, saying the ownership had become unsustainable. yesterday the opposition repeatedly raised in the house of commons why roman abramovich, who denies financial links to the kremlin, was not being targeted with sanctions. russian owned yachts are being seized in europe, russian oligarchs are having to rely on cash because their debit and credit cards have been stopped from working. the process here in the uk a little slower, because of the need for legal due process, we are told, but what is the point of any of this if we continue to send billions in dollars, euros and pounds directly to the kremlin by buying its oil and its gas? one of the routes for that money is through ukraine by an existing pipeline, exporting russia s gas to europe. that is how he finances. the man who runs that is under bombardment in kyiv and told us that
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by all means possible, . is trying to avoid reaction to our completely clear, transparent, based on current agreements, proposals with regard to the architecture of security in europe. i mentioned the key principle that was approved at the highest level and the relationship between russia and nato. of course, every country is free to choose the union, but no country can strengthen their security at the cost of other countries security and no organisation can say they can dominate in the northern atlantic space. and this is what nato is actively doing trying to bolster the security of the west at the expense of russia s security. ukraine s deputy prime minister has said nato is partially responsible for civilian deaths in the country by refusing to enforce a no fly zone over ukraine. in a military context, a no fly zone is designed to stop
expectations are low. top of the agenda is a cease fire, an armistice as well for weapons to be put down, moved out, as well as corridors for humanitarian aid to move in. the uk defence secretary has warned that the consequences of russia s war in ukraine will be felt throughout europe for months and years to come. ben wallace is on a diplomatic visit to the baltic state of estonia which is a member of nato. he also had this to say. the message to president putin is stop. it isn t too late to stop at your doing, what you have done so far is a legal and you risk being isolated for decades to come. russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has been speaking again in moscow. he s repeating moscow s view that ukraine s aspirations to join nato represented a threat to russia s security and so
this. thank you forjoining us with your expertise and as he underlines, this legal battle is being launched when the battle on the ground is still being waged. in britain, the uk defence secretary has warned that the consequences of russia s war in ukraine will ripple throughout europe. notjust for weeks but months and years to come. representaives of nato countries, have been meeting across europe, but russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has sought to jusitfy his country s invasion of ukraine, by saying its aspirations to join nato, had posed a threat to russian security. here s our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley.