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Britain pledged on Tuesday to "hit Russia very hard" with targeted sanctions and tougher measures in the event of a full-scale invasion after the Kremlin ordered troops to enter two Moscow-backed rebel regions in Ukraine, Darik said.
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After a morning meeting with security chiefs, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised in parliament later to unveil "the UK's first package of economic sanctions against Russia".
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"They will hit Russia very hard and there are many more things we will do in the event of an invasion," he told reporters.
"Do not doubt that if Russian companies are prevented from raising capital on the financial markets in Britain, if we clear the facade of Russian ownership of companies, real estate, it will start to hurt."
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Johnson said he may have to go further, given the expectation of "even more irrational Russian behavior", as "all the evidence suggests that President Putin is indeed prone to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine."
Such a move would be "absolutely catastrophic", he added, saying it was "absolutely vital to make an effort to conquer another European country to fail and Putin to fail".
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