US secretary of state says crisis is ‘manufactured’; Washington, UK, EU, Australia and Japan hit Russia with sanctions. Follow the the latest developments
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British prime minister Boris Johnson has been urged to impose tougher sanctions on Russia after announcing on Tuesday that three billionaire allies of the Russian President and five Russian banks would face punitive measures.
The prime minister is likely to come under fire in the Commons today and will criticism from all sides for not going far enough, PA Media reports.
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