Foreign secretary says Britain planning for ‘all scenarios’ after Wagner group uprising

It would be impossible for Britain to conduct a mass airlift of its nationals from Russia, but the UK government is planning for “all scenarios” after the country pulled back from the brink of civil war, the UK foreign secretary has said.

James Cleverly said he could not give an accurate figure for the number of Britons still in Russia, although the UK government is understood to believe the number is in the “single thousands”.

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