So far, though, it has sanctioned only a handful of Kremlin-linked individuals with assets in Britain, fewer than either the European Union or the US. The UK has slapped sanctions on a host of Russian banks and businesses, measures the government says have curtailed more than 250 billion pounds' ($330 million) worth of Russian economic activity. Opposition politicians and anti-corruption campaigners say Johnsons Conservatives have allowed ill-gotten money to slosh into UK properties, banks and businesses for years, turning London into a laundromat for dirty cash. Johnson has repeatedly claimed that Britain is leading international efforts to punish Putin over the invasion of Ukraine.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the Economic Crime Bill will let British authorities pursue (Russian President Vladimir) Putins allies in the UK with the full backing of the law, beyond doubt or legal challenge. Johnson was meeting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Dutch leader Mark Rutte on Monday to discuss toughening the Wests response to the invasion. But critics say the British government is trying belatedly to fix problems of its own making. UK lawmakers are set to pass a bill on Monday aimed at toughening sanctions on Russia and rooting out ill-gotten money from the British economy. Stung by criticism, UK's Johnson speeds up Russia sanctions
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That will finance the most urgent supplies and lodging but also the access to the labour market, social benefits and education," Minister Lukasz Schreiber told private broadcaster Radio Plus on Monday.
"Our initial assumption is that the fund we will set up will amount to about 8 billion zloty. The government was due to introduce a bill later on Monday on a aid package to fund food and temporary lodgings for refugees, along with measures allowing them to legally work and access public healthcare and social assistance in Poland. Many thousands have been hosted across the country, but the aid effort has been predominantly shouldered by non-governmental organizations, volunteers and municipalities. More than 1 million have crossed the border into Poland. The United Nations estimates more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia attacked its neighbour on Feb. The Polish government plans to create an 8 billion zloty ($1.75 billion) fund to help war refugees from Ukraine, a government official said on Monday. Poland to set up $1.75 billion fund to help Ukrainian refugees "Prove that this is not the case." Russia's announcement of "humanitarian corridors" came after two days of failed ceasefires to allow civilians to escape the besieged city of Mariupol, where hundreds of thousands are trapped without food and water, under relentless bombardment. Two previous rounds yielded little beyond pledges to open routes for humanitarian access that have yet to be successfully implemented. "In a few minutes, we will start talking to representatives of a country that seriously believes large-scale violence against civilians is an argument," Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak said on Twitter. Russian and Ukrainian delegations assembled for a third round of talks in Belarus, both sides said. Moscow said on Monday that it would provide corridors for residents of Ukraine's two main cities to flee to Russia and Belarus, a move Ukraine called an immoral stunt to exploit the suffering of civilians under Russian bombardment. Moscow will allow Ukrainians to flee to Russia
Central Europeans, whose memories of Moscow's dominance after World War Two run deep, continued to show support for their eastern neighbours. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation".
The European Union could see as many as 5 million Ukrainian refugees if Russia's bombardment of Ukraine continues, the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said. A total of 1,735,068 civilians - mostly women and children, as men stayed home to fight - have so far crossed the border into Central Europe, the UNHCR said. "This is a million human tragedies, a million people banished from their homes by the war," the Polish border guard service tweeted late on Sunday. 24, with the milestone passed late on Sunday. Poland - which has the largest Ukrainian community in Central Europe - has received more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees since the conflict began on Feb. More than 1.7 million Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion have so far crossed into Central Europe, the United Nation's refugee agency said on Monday, as thousands more streamed across the borders. More than 1.7 million Ukrainians have fled to Central Europe, UN says
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