UK imposes new sanctions against Russia and its citizens. Thus, an embargo was announced on the import of diamonds, copper, aluminum and nickel from the Russian Federation into the country, and 86 people and legal entities were added to the sanctions list..

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Among those sanctioned are Severstal, AFK Sistema, Polyus, FESCO, as well as nine companies associated with Rosatom. In addition, Rosbank, Tinkoff Bank and Dom. RF.

Sanctioned individuals include Igor Altushkin, owner of the Russian Copper Company and Orthodox businessman, Valery Shantsev, former Moscow vice-mayor on the board of directors of Transneft, Andrey Belousov, first deputy prime minister, member of the board of directors of Russian Railways and ex-head of the Accounting. Accordingly, now the sanctions list includes more than 1,500 people..

However, the country's foreign minister confirmed that Russia's sovereign assets will remain idle until Russia agrees to pay for the damage it has caused Ukraine..

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and US President Joe Biden agreed to extend sanctions against Russia and support Ukraine ahead of the G7 leaders' summit.

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the US would announce a package of sanctions linked to the G7 statement that would focus on avoiding sanctions already in place.. We are not talking about a complete ban on exports to Russia.

Also, according to the FT, G7 leaders will discuss a proposal to hold a peace summit on Ukraine..