UK pushes for more Russia sanctions

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22 July 2014 Last updated at 10:35
David Cameron in the House of Commons

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David Cameron: ''We must do what is necessary to stand up to Russia''

The UK is urging EU foreign ministers to impose tougher sanctions on Russia amid widespread anger over the Malaysia Airlines crash in east Ukraine.

France hinted that it could suspend delivery of a warship to Russia, as the ministers gathered in Brussels.

Earlier UK Prime Minister David Cameron attacked the sale of two French Mistral helicopter carriers - a deal also criticised by the US and other leaders.

The UK will also re-examine the death of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.

The former KGB officer died in 2006 in a London hospital after he was allegedly poisoned with radioactive polonium. The UK government now plans to examine whether the Russian state targeted him.

Mr Cameron has said there is a "reluctance" among some European countries to take more decisive action against Russia.

Western leaders accuse Russia of arming the rebels in eastern Ukraine, and believe they shot down flight MH17 last Thursday with a ground-to-air missile.

Many EU countries, including Germany and Italy, are heavily reliant on Russian gas.

Pressure over warships

When asked about the Mistral warship deal with Russia, French President Francois Hollande said the first of two ships "is almost finished and must be delivered in October".

The rest of the contract would depend on Russia's attitude over Ukraine, he said.

"But at this point no sanctions have been agreed that would force us to abandon [the contract]," he said. "We're not at that stage yet - we'll see if the Russians behave badly," he said, quoted by French news website Europe 1.

A source close to Mr Hollande said: "France, for now, wants the sanctions to be financial, targeted and swift."

The Malaysia Airlines crash in eastern Ukraine, which killed 298 people, is a "defining moment" for Moscow, Mr Cameron said on Monday, calling on the EU to consider an arms embargo.

He voiced disgust at the pro-Russian rebels' mishandling of plane debris and victims' remains at the disaster site. A train carrying the remains of victims from the plane has now arrived in the eastern city of Kharkiv, outside the rebel-held area.

Sanctions debate

There are fears in some EU countries that a move against Russian energy exports could undermine the fragile recovery in the eurozone, the BBC's Europe Editor Gavin Hewitt says.

But a deal could see sanctions on specific Russian businesses, organisations and individuals strengthened.

There are growing calls for the EU to match US sanctions, which target members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle and their companies.

Addressing MPs on Monday, Mr Cameron said the "weight of evidence" pointed to the Malaysian jet being shot by a rebel missile and that "a conflict that could have been curtailed by Moscow has instead been fomented by Moscow".

He said: "President Putin faces a clear choice in how he decides to respond to this appalling tragedy. I hope he will use this moment to find a path out of this festering and dangerous crisis by ending Russia's support for the separatists.

"If he does not change his approach to Ukraine in this then Europe and the West must fundamentally change our approach to Russia."

Mr Cameron said the rest of the EU could no longer "turn a blind eye" to the crisis.


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