About 2000s
The 2000s was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009. The growth of the Internet contributed to globalization during the decade, which allowed faster communication among people around the world.
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Ukraine invasion: UK under pressure to speed up Russia sanctions
The UK Government is facing growing calls to move faster on sanctions on wealthy individuals allegedly linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin .
Asset freezes and travel bans on two more oligarchs were announced on Thursday.
But Labour has accused the Government of being too slow to target others as Russia's invasion of Ukraine escalates.
Ministers have privately expressed frustration about The Process for sanctioning individuals.
They have suggested that amendments made to legislation in 2018 by the crossbench peer and barrister Lord Pannick were contributing to The Delay .
Lord Pannick told The Bbc he " cannot understand" the allegation.
Sanctions requirementsLord Pannick put forward A Number of amendments at The Report stage of, most of which were backed by the Government at The Time .
The amendments added requirements on ministers to explain why sanctions were " a reasonable course of action" and provide " good reasons" to those subject to them, unless there were National Security exemptions.
Lord Pannick said the amendments required ministers to be satisfied that the sanctions imposed were " appropriate".
He Said This Was the " minimum requirement of the rule of law" and he could not see how it could " impede proper Government action".
The Alternative , Lord Pannick said, was that " the Government can do whatever it likes" which would be " contrary to the rule of law".
He Said he " strongly suspected" that the Government had not " given sufficient resources" to those who were responsible for identifying sanctions targets.
One of the UK's most prominent barristers, Lord Pannick has mainly focused on Public Law , Human Rights and constitutional matters in his decades-long legal career.
A peer in The House of Lords since 2008, he has represented wealthy and powerful clients, including Queen Elizabeth Ii and British Tennis Player Greg Rusedski .
In one of his most high-profile cases, he led legal action which.
Another case saw him help The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to establish in The House of Lords that state immunity applied to allegations of torture.
Lord Pannick told The Bbc he represented Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg in 2014 and 2015 in relation to sanctions imposed by the EU.
A friend and former judo sparring partner of President Putin, Mr Rotenberg became owner of two of Russia's biggest construction contractors, SGM Group and Mostotrest, in The 2000S .
Related to " actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine".
Oligarch taskforceThe UK Government says it Will take time to follow due process and build legally sound cases for sanctions against wealthy targets.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is understood to have increased the size of the sanctions team at The Foreign office in recent months.
This Week , Ms Truss told MPs that a special oligarch taskforce - composed of ministers and officials from across Government - Will be formed to build cases against targets.
But critics say The National Crime Agency (NCA) has been starved of funds for years.
it was time to " squeeze Russia" as he announced what he called " the largest and most severe package of economic sanctions" the country had ever seen.
Since then, the UK Government has imposed sanctions on Russian companies, banks and individuals with links to President Putin.
showed 15 individuals were sanctioned last week, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Belarusian defence chiefs and President Putin Himself .
on Thursday, with the UK banning British citizens and businesses from dealing with them.
'Go Further 'There are, however, still A Number of Russian individuals who have been sanctioned by the US or the European Union , but not by the UK.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he supported action the Government was taking on sanctions but urged ministers to " Go Further and faster".
" We must go after every oligarch, " Sir Keir said. " This is The Weapon we have to use and we need to use it now. "
Defending the Government 's response, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab rejected suggestions the UK had been slow in imposing sanctions against Russia.
He told Bbc Breakfast " we've not been slow, we've been at The Vanguard of taking action. "
Asked whether the UK should be sanctioning more individual Russians, Mr Raab said " it's not whether it's individuals or companies, it's where The Money is flowing".
He confirmed that, as a " matter of urgency" he was looking at proposals to prevent oligarchs with links to President Putin suing those trying to expose their financial dealings.
Mr Raab said it was an " abuse of our system" that would be dealt with in due course.
Russia attacks Ukraine: More coverageSource of news: bbc.com
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