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Revocation of all golden visas, would be a good first step.
An all out rejection of Russians smells of xenophobia. You'd risk galvanising the elites. I'd suggest putting golden visas under a review and only hesitantly give them back as and when the Visa holder publicly burns all bridges to Putin, divests from any arms investments etc.
Events early this morning dictate just how much Russia is going to pour into this war. That is not the move of a de-escalation, but a ramp up, with the subtext being- We(Putin) will do anything to "win" this war.
The conflation of Putin the man, Putin the myth and Putin the Russia (ie Putin == Russia) is the most pro-Putin element of the current media cycle. However, this is Putin's war, not Russia's and the outcome is devastation to Ukraine, Ukrainians, and to Russian people in general.
There was talk up-thread of seizure of UK- owned property of oligarchs. The question from that is realistically- is that even tantamount to more than a mild fine. Even the 20m£ + houses represent a small portion of their held capital. It does not go far enough. Revocation of all golden visas, would be a good first step.