Enact Further Economic Sanctions On Russia-As Suggested by the Ukrainian Embassy

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

In light of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, we ask the UK government to:
1. Ban all energy trades with Russia
2. Ban foreign investment & prohibit Western government pension funds from investing in Russia
3. Sanction all secondary trading in Russian debt & equities, including existing holdings

4. Sanction all Russian banks
5. Sanction all ruble transactions with Western banks
6. Withdraw Russia from bond and equity investment indices
7. Block Russia from SWIFT
8. Disconnect Russia from the VISA and MasterCard payment systems
9. Freeze Russian foreign assets and sanction Russian Direct Investment
10. Expand personal sanctions to all those on the Western list of sanctions and their families - asset freezes, visa cancelations, passport revocations and repatriations back to Russia

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: Place the strictest possible sanctions on Russia until it withdraws from Ukraine

The Government announced additional sanctions on Russia on Monday 1 March. You can read the Government's statement about additional sanctions here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-02-28/debates/3D28CB2C-B2E4-40B4-B40A-6D0D1147B6C9/Sanctions

And you can find details of the UK's sanctions regime relating to Russia here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-sanctions-on-russia

Timeline

24 Feb 2022	Petition opened for signatures
1 Mar 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Mar 2022

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