Stop the payments to Putin cronies

West Scotland MSP Ross Greer has welcomed the First Minister's agreeing to his proposal that Russian oligarchs who own estates in Scotland should be cut off from public grants to rural landowners.

By The Newsroom

Published 15th Mar 2022, 15:42 BST

Ross Greer MSP called for no public money to go to Russian oligarchs

Speaking at FM’s Questions, Mr Greer highlighted that Vladimir Lisin, an oligarch on the US Treasury’s 'Putin list', received over £600,000 in Common Agricultural Policy payments for his Perthshire estate between 2016 and 2019.

Mr Greer said: “It is vital Scotland plays our part in the international sanctions effort aimed at the Kremlin following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

"I am extremely grateful to the First Minister, who has agreed to Green calls for an immediate review of Scotland’s agricultural payments system.

"Standing with the people of Ukraine must mean putting maximum pressure on Putin’s cronies, wherever they operate.”