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Stephen Doughty

Stephen Doughty

UK Minister of State responsible for sanctions

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The practice of exploiting vulnerable people to prop up Russia's failing and illegal war in Ukraine is barbaric.

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Russia's Alabuga drone factory faces escalating sanctions over migrant trafficking

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Announced and defended the May 2026 designations

Russia recruits women from Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America with promises of catering and hospitality work, then puts most of them on a Shahed drone assembly line in Tatarstan. On May 5, 2026, the United Kingdom first applied human-trafficking sanctions to the pipeline, designating 35 people and entities tied to Alabuga Start programme and firms in Russia, China, and Thailand supplying drone components.

Updated May 31