Russia 'using Central Asia to sidestep war sanctions'

LORD David Cameron has acknowledged that Russia is using Central Asia to sidestep sanctions and said Britain wants to work with countries in the region to end the circumvention.

The Foreign Secretary warned that items which could be used to build Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s war machine should not be being exported from the UK to neighbouring states only to be sent on to Moscow. It comes amid concerns about a spike in sales of drone equipment and heavy machinery from Britain to countries such as Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.