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MPs call for tougher action on bankers, lawyers ‘enabling’ Putin

More needs to be done to stop London’s professional services firms assisting Russia, report argues

Foreign Affairs Committee chair Tom Tugendhat says rules to curb City firms helping Putin don't go far enough
Foreign Affairs Committee chair Tom Tugendhat says rules to curb City firms helping Putin don't go far enough Photo: Tolga Akmen/Getty Images

MPs have called for a tougher crackdown on City firms that support Russia's regime amid continuing aggression against Ukraine.

London's 'enablers', from bankers to lawyers to PR managers, "help the corrupt to act with impunity by using our legal and financial systems to launder and conceal their wealth", according to a report from the Foreign Affairs Committee published 30 June.

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