Foreign Affairs Committee

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:21 pm on 12 July 2018.

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Photo of Philip Hollobone Philip Hollobone Conservative, Kettering 2:21, 12 July 2018

I commend the hon. Gentleman for his statement and his Committee for its report. First, may I encourage the Committee to include maps in its reports for those of us who are more geographically challenged? Secondly, may I pick up on his comments about Russian influence? Given the Slavic connections between the western Balkans and the Russians, are Russia’s efforts a half-hearted attempt to gain influence in the former Yugoslavia, or a real push for domination in that part of the world?