London, Thanasis Gavos
A further 14 Russians are on the British government’s sanctions list as of today, according to the Foreign Office.
The new sanctions mainly target people in the “controlled”, according to London, information sector in Russia, but also include the colonel. Mikhail Mizinchevwho has been given the nickname “butcher of Mariupol”.
Those who see their assets frozen in Britain and banned from traveling to the country also include Alexander Zarov, CEO of Gazprom-Media, Alexei Nikolov, director of Russia Today (RT), and the head of Sputnik International. Anton Anisimov.
In a statement, Foreign Minister Liz Tras said, “Putin’s war in Ukraine is based on in a torrent of liesAnd that Britain has led efforts to expose the Kremlin to misinformation and to crack down on Putin’s propagandists.
“We will continue to impose more sanctions to increase pressure on Russia and to ensure that Putin loses to Ukraine. “Nothing and no one is out of choice,” said the British foreign minister.
Mizinchev is accused of bombing homes and a maternity hospital in the besieged city. As much as 90% of the city, where 400,000 lived before the war, has been destroyed after a month of heavy bombing, according to Ukrainian authorities.
The European Union is also heading for a new blow to the Russian economy. According to the Wall Street Journal, the package of sanctions for the Russian invasion of Ukraine will include new sanctions against Russian banks and stronger restrictions on the use of cryptocurrencies and may affect members of the family of Russian businessmen.
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