The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, said on Friday that Britain would have to return Moscow money that London had decided to illegally gift to Ukraine to fund Kyiv's military.

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The Speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, on Friday said that Britain would have to return Moscow’s money, which London had decided to “illegally” gift to Ukraine to fund Kyiv’s military.