The Russian Foreign Ministry announced today a new list of sanctions against the United Kingdomwhich includes 39 politicians, businessmen and journalists linked to the “London hostile course” against Moscow.
“In view of the continued application of sanctions by the United Kingdom against representatives of Russian political and social circles, economic operators and the media, the decision was made to include in the Russian blacklist a number of politicians, businessmen and journalists. British,” announced the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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According to Foreign Affairs, the sanctioned people “support the hostile course of London, focused on demonizing our country and seeking its international isolation.”
The published list includes former Prime Minister David Cameron, British Foreign Office spokeswoman Helen Bower-Easton, a number of officials and several journalists, including the head of the British news service. BBCJonathan Munro, according to Sputnik News.
“As we have repeatedly highlighted, the deadly actions of the United Kingdom in order to implant Russophobia, spread false information about our country and support the neo-Nazi regime in kyiv will meet with an adequate and determined response from the Russian side,” the statement said. Russian diplomatic entity.
Moscow indicated that “the choice in favor of confrontation is a conscious decision of the British political ‘establishment’, which bears full responsibility for the consequences.”
It is not the first extension of the blacklist, since in mid-June Moscow included another 29 British journalists and media directors for their attitude towards the Russian military campaign in Ukraine.
A month earlier, Russia banned then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and 12 other senior officials, including nine members of his cabinet, from entering the country. Johnson, one of the biggest supporters of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, traveled to kyiv on April 9, where he announced a new military aid package.
In addition, Moscow sanctioned 154 lawmakers from the House of Lords (Upper House) of the British Parliament, including the president, John McFall, in response to the inclusion of almost the entire Russian Senate on a blacklist.
By the end of March Russia had sanctioned 287 deputies of the House of Commons in response to London’s decision to do the same with 386 deputies of the Duma or congress of deputies.
With information from Efe and Sputnik.
