Overview
- Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the policy as she prepared to attend the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Niagara, Canada, on Wednesday.
- The ban blocks British insurers and shippers from facilitating Russian LNG cargoes to third countries, building on the UK’s 2023 import prohibition.
- Implementation is planned across 2026 in coordination with European partners seeking tighter restrictions on Russian gas flows.
- The UK pledged an additional £13 million to help Ukraine repair energy infrastructure as strikes on power and heating networks escalate, according to the Foreign Office.
- Last month the UK sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil, and UK media report a pause in some intelligence-sharing with the US over concerns about lethal strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean.