Diplomats implore Downing Street not to launch economic sanctions in light of inquiry that could find state responsible for death of former KGB agentBritish Foreign Office diplomats are urging David Cameron not to launch a substantial current round of economic sanctions against Russia this week if the independent inquiry into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko finds the Russian state was responsible for his death.
The prime minister is due to receive the report on Tuesday before its publication on Thursday,and senior diplomats acquire argued that the wider interests of Anglo-Russian relations, including a settlement to the four-year Syrian civil war, and require a degree of restraint.
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Source: theguardian.com