• Nicola Sturgeon urged Scottish firms to cut all links with Russia as she faced questions from opposition leaders at Holyrood.
• Party leaders urged Scots to give to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal and praised their generosity towards the people of Ukraine.
• First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish government was giving £2m to the appeal.
• Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross asked why the chief executive of the Scottish National Investment Bank Eilidh Mactaggart resigned abruptly on Friday, just days before the Scottish government launched its new economic strategy.
• Nicola Sturgeon said confidentiality for employees had to be respected and the timing was a coincidence.
• Mr Ross said the Scottish government's economic plan was a shambles.
• Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar highlighted growing waiting lists and record staff shortages in NHS Scotland.
• Nicola Sturgeon defended her government's work to increase staffing by 22.6% since 2007.
• SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald asks the first minister to push the UK government for a more ambitious scheme to support Ukrainians fleeing the conflict in their country.
• Ms Sturgeon insisted there should be no limit on the number of refugees the UK takes in from Ukraine.
• Scottish Green MSP Ross Greer asks about Russian billionaire Vladimir Lisin, who he says is on the US Treasury Department's "Putin List" and owns a 3,000 acre estate in Scotland.
• The first minister said she was seeking advice on the maximum possible action that the Scottish government can take against those with close links to the Russian regime.

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Scottish Green MSP Ross Greer asks about Russian billionaire Vladimir Lisin.

He says Lisin has been on the US Treasury Department's "Putin List" of known Kremlin associates since 2018.

Mr Greer says he is also the owner of a 3,000 acre estate in Scotland.

The estate has received almost £700,000 in agricultural subsidies between 2016 and 2019, Mr Greer says.

He asks the Scottish government to review its payments to ensure no member of the Russian elite is in receipt of public money in Scotland.

The first minister says she has sought urgent advice on the maximum possible action that the Scottish government can take within its powers against individuals and entities identified as having close links with the Russian regime.

She says this could involve preventing them claiming public money and potentially seizing assets.

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Nicola Sturgeon has insisted there should be no limit on the number of refugees the UK takes in from Ukraine.

The first minister said she would not put an "arbitrary number" on how many could seek safety in Scotland.

The Scottish government is working with councils on the practicalities of how to house people fleeing the conflict.

Ms Sturgeon said the UK had been very strong in setting sanctions on Russia, but was falling "woefully short" on opening its doors to refugees.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK could take in 200,000 or more Ukrainians - but has faced criticism that other countries across Europe are doing more to relax entry rules.

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SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald asks the first minister to push the UK government for a more ambitious scheme to support Ukrainians fleeing the conflict in their country.

Ms Sturgeon says that she will.

The first minister says she supports the actions taken by the UK government but says sanctions could be tougher and the UK government recognises that.

Ms Sturgeon adds that there has been movement on the issue of refugees but it needs to go much further, with one million people already displaced.

She appeals to Boris Johnson to follow the example of the Republic of Ireland and allow anyone fleeing the horror of Ukraine to have entry to the UK if they wish and deal with the paperwork later.

"Let's operate first and foremost on the basis of that humanitarian obligation," she says.

Mr Sarwar says it is not a question of whether the NHS has more staff, but enough staff.

He refers to a former miner with chronic spinal pain, who is considering re-mortgaging his house to pay for private surgery because of the long wait for NHS treatment.

Ms Sturgeon says she does not think these long waiting lists are acceptable.

The Scottish government has committed to further recruitment, and to build capacity in the NHS by 10%, she says.

It is also working to reduce demands on the health service by, for example, improving care services, she adds.

Nicola Sturgeon says waiting lists have increased because of Covid, but the government now wants to get on a "more normal footing".

She says there serious recruitment challenges for the NHS in Scotland, as in the rest of the UK.

But she says staffing has gone up by 28,700 whole-time equivalents since 2007, an increase of 22.6% and a record high, and adds that Scotland has higher staffing per head of population than England.

The NHS in Scotland was investing in the wellbeing of staff and making sure they were the best paid in the UK to try to retain staff, she says, and adds that recruitment has been hit by Brexit.

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Mr Sarwar highlights figures showing there are 680,000 people on NHS waiting lists in Scotland and 6,600 vacant nursing and midwifery posts – the worst on record.

"This is a dangerous mix - growing waiting lists and record staff shortages," he says.

He asks the first minister why, after 15 years, she has still failed to develop a credible workforce plan.

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar begins by expressing his "horror and heartbreak at the continually devastating scenes we see in Ukraine".

"We unequivocally stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine in defence of democracy, of human rights and their peace and freedom," he says.

He also pays tribute to all the people across the country doing what they can to support Ukrainians.

Douglas Ross says the Scottish economy has been stuck for the 15 years that the SNP has been in power.

"We have seen one major failure after another," he says.

"From Prestwick Airport to Ferguson's shipyard to BiFab."

He says the new strategy is diagnosing problems that the SNP either created or made worse.

Mr Ross says the government's economic plan is a shambles.

The first minister says again that the economic strategy is supported by a wide range of business leaders.

She adds that she suspects they speak for more people than Douglas Ross.

The Scottish Conservative leader says the chief executive of the bank resigned just days before the Scottish government launched its new economic strategy.

He says the new strategy is wafer-thin, underwhelming and has been watered-down by the Scottish Greens.

It sums up a government that is out of ideas and has no vision for creating Scottish jobs, he says.

Mr Ross asks if it is a co-incidence that the chief executive has resigned instead of trying to deliver the new strategy?

"Yes it is a coincidence," the first minister says.

She adds that the new economic strategy has been welcomed by business leaders.

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross says the parliament needs to know why Eilidh Mactaggart resigned as chief executive of the state-owned Scottish National Investment Bank.

Mr Ross says the bank will eventually be in charge of £2bn of public money.

He says the secrecy is unacceptable.

Nicola Sturgeon says the bank's chief executive is an employee and it has a duty of care to all of its staff.

She says she needs to respect that confidentiality.

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Douglas Ross asks why the chief executive of the Scottish National Investment Bank Eilidh Mactaggart resigned abruptly on Friday.

The first minister says she will not go into confidential details of employment in the chamber.

She says it is not a matter for the Scottish government. It is a matter for the board of the Scottish National Investment Bank.

Ms Sturgeon says the bank is performing exceptionally well.

It has completed 13 investments totalling just under £200m, she says.

Nicola Sturgeon says the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal brings together the aid agencies who are working on the ground in Ukraine.

She says it is the fastest and most efficient way to get money to charities who are helping right now.

Ms Sturgeon says £2m from the Scottish government is going to the appeal.

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Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross begins First Minister's Questions by referring to the invasion of Ukraine.

He says he is standing with fellow party leaders in support of the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal.

He urges Scots across the country to support the appeal to help Ukraine.

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Good morning.

Nicola Sturgeon will be taking questions from opposition parties at noon in her weekly session of First Minister's Questions in the Scottish Parliament.

The situation in Ukraine is likely to come up - a week after Russia's invasion began.

Ms Sturgeon has insisted there should be no limit on the number of refugees the UK takes in and has urged oil and gas companies to remove investments in Russia.

Scotland is sending £4m in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, as well as medical supplies.

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