Take away from City

Russian oligarchs withdraw money from London, fearing tough financial sanctions after the death of the Malaysian Boeing-777. It is reported by The Daily Telegraf with reference to the representative of the British Prime Minister David Cameron.

"The measures taken against individuals and legal entities have a correlation with some of the financial flows that we observed throughout Europe, including here in London," the representative of the prime minister told the publication.

Meanwhile, Britain continues to export to Russia weapons and dual -use technologies for millions of dollars. This was stated in the Committee of the House of Communities for Control over the export of weapons, the BBC reports . According to the committee, only 31 license was suspended; 251 license for exporting goods to Russia, the total cost of which is at least $ 225 million, continues to operate.

The ongoing supplies of weapons became known after Cameron sharply criticized the decision of the French authorities to put Russia at least one of the Mistral helicopter carriers. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in response said that you need to start with yourself, reports Le Monde. "Dear friends of the British, let's talk about finances. I understand correctly that there are many Russian oligarchs in London?" - said Fabius.

On Tuesday, foreign ministers of the European Union did not discuss the expansion of the anti -Russian sanctions list . It was reported that the European Commission on Thursday will offer the candidates of new defendants in the list.

On July 20, Cameron demanded to tighten the sanctions against Russia if it does not change its approach to the situation with the airline shot down over Ukraine.

Last week, even before the death of Boeing-777, the United States imposed sanctions against the largest Russian companies in the energy and defense industries, as well as the banking sector. Among the defendants in the sanctions list were, in particular, Rosneft, Novatek, Vnesheconombank and Gazprombank.