The United Kingdom has imposed new sanctions against Russia, targeting more officials and prominent figures with asset freeze and travel ban, as Moscow continues its operation in Ukraine, according to an updated guidance published by the UK government on Tuesday.
The list includes Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Kremlin administration chief Anton Vaino, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, lawmaker Irina Rodnina, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
Among others, new sanctions target Editor-in-Chief of the RT broadcaster and the Rossiya Segodnya information agency Margarita Simonyan, her husband and film director Tigran Keosayan, ice dancer and Peskov's wife Tatiana Navka, media personalities Vladimir Solovyev and Konstantin Ernst, as well as businessmen, including Severstal co-owner and board chairman Alexey Mordashov and Dmitry Pumpyansky, the owner and chairman of metal giant TMK.
UK imposes new sanction on Russian nationals
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