Tony Abbott, John Howard earn Putin’s ire, hit with sanctions by Kremlin

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Russia’s relations with Australia has deteriorated to unprecedented lows since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.

Former prime ministers Tony Abbott and John Howard are among a list of prominent Australians to be formally sanctioned by the Kremlin, following their efforts to lobby the federal government to divert frozen Russian assets to the rebuilding of Ukraine.

Figures from across a broad spectrum of Australian society were also targeted, including Federal Court judges Michael O’Bryan and Geoffrey Kennett and three former Australian ambassadors to Kyiv, Robert Tyson, Doug Trappett and Bruce Matthews. Amid growing criticism of Australia’s lack of military and humanitarian aid, the Supporters of Ukraine Network asked the Albanese government to join other nations in developing legal options for the use of sovereign Russian assets for the nation’s recovery and reconstruction and to update its own laws to ensure that Russian assets can be utilised.

 

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