LONDON, 27 March 2022, (TON): The Telegraph newspaper reported “British foreign minister Liz Truss says sanctions imposed on Russian individuals and companies could be lifted if Russia withdraws from Ukraine and commits to end aggression.”

Britain and other Western nations are using economic sanctions to cripple the Russian economy and punish President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, seeking to press him to abandon what he calls a special military operation to demilitarise and “denazify” Ukraine.

In an interview with the Telegraph, Truss held out the possibility the measures could end if Moscow changed course.

She said “what we know is that Russia signed up to multiple agreements they simply don’t comply with. So there needs to be hard levers. Of course, sanctions are a hard lever.”

Those sanctions should only come off with a full cease-fire and withdrawal, but also commitments that there will be no further aggression.

And also, there’s the opportunity to have snapback sanctions if there is further aggression in future. That is a real lever that I think can be used.