Moscow : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there could be no renormalization of relations with President Vladimir Putin following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Asked during an interview on LBC Radio whether Putin could be welcomed back on the global stage if he were to repent, Johnson said: The short answer is no. No renormalization and the UK is very clear about that. Johnson said the world risked a repeat of 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea.The world basically said, this is appalling. We condemn it, we denounce it — and we did. And we put on sanctions. But at the same time, we kind of opened negotiations with him about a way forward, LBC quoted him as saying. And Putin basically used that as a way of twisting the knife in Ukraine. If the Ukrainians were to do any kind of deal with Putin now, the risk is that he would do exactly the same thing and they know it. So the short answer is no. No renormalization and the UK is very clear about that.