LONDON—Britain pressed the European Union on Aug. 21 to increase sanctions against Russia, saying it should stand “shoulder to shoulder” with the United States, which hit Moscow with new economic restrictions this month.
Britain’s foreign minister, Jeremy Hunt, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the world “a more dangerous place”, and that after a chemical weapons attack in the English city of Salisbury, the EU should apply more pressure to ensure Russia sticks to international rules.
