Liz Truss calls on ‘free world’ to reduce economic dependence on Russia

The Foreign Secretary has called on the 'free world' to reduce its economic dependence on Russia as tensions continue over Ukraine. Liz Truss delivered a speech at the Lowy Institute in Sydney in which she warned Vladimir Putin he must “desist and step back” from war in Ukraine or risk being dragged into a prolonged conflict like the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.