UK sanctions: 65 more Russian people and businesses hit with fresh sanctions
65 more Russian people and businesses have had sanctions slapped on them by the UK – as the country continues to attempt to cut off “vital industries fuelling Putin’s war machine,” Liz Truss said.
Truss announced the latest round of sanctions, which include the Wager Group of Russian mercenaries – seen as Putin’s private army – and Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest private bank.
Some of the individuals hit with fresh sanctions:
- Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov’s stepdaughter Polina Kovalena.
- Billionaire oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler
- Herman Gref, the CEO of Russia’s largest bank Sberbank.
- Galina Danilchenko became mayor of Melitopol ( a position installed by Russia) in Ukraine after the actual mayor was kidnapped
Galina Danilchenko is the first person the UK has sanctioned for collaboration with Russian forces currently invading Ukraine.
UK sanctions as Boris Johnson in Brussels for summits
More than 1,000 Russian people and businesses have now been sanctioned by the UK in the month since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Foreign secretary Liz Truss said: “These oligarchs, businesses and hired thugs are complicit in the murder of innocent civilians and it is right that they pay the price.
“Putin should be under no illusions – we are united with our allies and will keep tightening the screw on the Russian economy to help ensure he fails in Ukraine. There will be no let-up.”
Boris Johnson, in Brussels for summits with the US, the EU and the G7 over Ukraine, said: “We’ve got to step up, we’ve got to increase our support, we’ve got to tighten the economic vice around Putin, sanctioning more people today as we are, sanctioning the Wagner Group, looking at what we can do to stop Putin using his gold reserves, and also doing more to help the Ukrainians defend themselves.”
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