UK Pressured to Speed up Russia Sanctions, Seize Oligarchs’ Assets

The scene of a fire at the Economy Department building of Karazin Kharkiv National University, hit during recent shelling by Russia, on March 2, 2022. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under pressure to go faster in targeting Russian oligarchs and seizing their assets in Britain.

Downing Street said on Thursday it would consider possible changes to speed up the process as ministers sought to apply pressure on Russian president Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine.