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Alexander Mühlauer and Michael Neudecker, London
Labor MP Chris Bryant wrote in a press release this week that he has no doubt that Putin is “laughing up his sleeve”. contribution for the Guardians. Chris Bryant, 60, was a former Anglican pastor, he’s a brilliant orator and he likes comparisons. “We’re trying to fight Putin with a feather duster,” Bryant wrote, “but a feather duster won’t stop him.” Bryant was reacting to the sanctions announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government earlier this week: five banks and three oligarchs in the UK will be blocked and their assets frozen.