Vladimir Putin
(asked on 20th June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to whether they would grant permission for Vladimir Putin to enter the UK.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 3rd July 2023
The UK has made clear, for the avoidance of any doubt, that President Putin would not be welcome in the UK. FCDO officials re-emphasised this to senior officials at the Russian Embassy in the UK at a face-to-face meeting in early April. The UK sanctioned President Putin and applied an asset freeze shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.