UK Ports Should Refuse Access to Russian Boats, Says Transport Secretary

UK Ports Should Refuse Access to Russian Boats, Says Transport Secretary
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on May 7, 2021. Tolga Akmen/PA
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UK ports should refuse access to Russian boats, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said.

With a Russian-owned ship due to dock in Orkney on Tuesday, the UK Government had been urged to ban the country’s vessels in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.