British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced 65 new sanctions against Russia aimed at "
Among those who fell under the sanctions:.
RZD (Russian Railways);
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The Wagner Group is an organization of Russian mercenaries reportedly tasked with assassinating President Zelensky;
six banks, including Alfa-Bank, co-founded by previously sanctioned oligarchs Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan;
Alrosa, the world's largest diamond producer;
billionaire oil tycoon Evgeny Shvidler;
founder of Tinkoff Bank Oleg Tinkov;
German Gref, CEO of the largest Russian bank Sberbank;
Polina Kovaleva, stepdaughter of Foreign Minister Lavrov;
Galina Danilchenko, who was appointed by Russia as the “mayor” of Melitopol, is the first time a person has been sanctioned for collaborating with Russian troops currently stationed in Ukraine.
“These oligarchs, businessmen and hired thugs are involved in the murder of innocent civilians, and it is right that they pay the price for this.. Putin should have no illusions - we stand with our allies and will continue to tighten the screws on the Russian economy to ensure his failure in Ukraine,” said Liz Truss.
The sanctions imply freezing all of their assets located in the UK for the specified persons, refusing business cooperation with British companies and a ban on crossing the British border..
During the month of the war, the UK imposed sanctions against more than 1,000 individuals and legal entities of the Russian Federation.
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Two weeks ago, the UK imposed sanctions against 386 deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation who voted for the " MPs have lost the ability to travel to Britain, access assets in the kingdom and conduct business there.
Earlier in an article for The Hill, US national security experts Keith Alexander and Jameel Jaffer wrote that no matter how strong economic sanctions against Russia are, they will not be able to stop the war anytime soon.. The only way, in their opinion, for a ceasefire is to help Ukraine close the sky.