Government decision to allow return turbines to Gazprom ‘a slap in the face to Ukrainian people': Genuis

Conservative MP Garnett Genuis called the government’s decision to allow for the return of six turbines to Russia’s Gazprom “a slap in the face to the Ukrainian people in their darkest hour” during the House of Commons foreign affairs committee on Friday. “What is the point of sanctions if the government if the government is so casually willing to suspend their own rules every time someone asks,” he said.

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