Hammond - Russia a threat to everyone on world stage

Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond arrives for a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, March 30, 2016. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

TBILISI (Reuters) - Russia is moving further away from having Western sanctions lifted over its role in the Ukraine crisis, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told Reuters on Wednesday.

Hammond, who was in Georgia to meet Prime Minister Georgy Kvirikashvili and to visit the BP-operated South Caucasus Pipeline, has a track record of robustly criticising Russia's actions.