Marise Payne flags further action over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after allies announce they will personally sanction Vladimir Putin and Russia’s foreign affairs minister, Sergei Lavrov
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Australia plans to join its allies in personally sanctioning Vladimir Putin and the Russian foreign affairs minister over the full-scale invasion of Ukraine – but says it will not expel Russian diplomats from the country at this stage.
The government flagged the move amid growing fears of of an all-out Russian assault on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and as Russia used its veto power to block a UN security council resolution deploring the invasion.
