Penalties include asset freezing and banning individuals from entering the UK.
UK authorities added 63 more individuals and legal entities to the lists of sanctions associated with Russia. Restrictive measures were introduced against PJSC KamAZ, VGTRK, a number of media workers and top managers of banks, the British Foreign Office reported on Wednesday, May 4.
Thus, sanctions were imposed against the chairman of the board of Otkritie Bank, the former Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Mikhail Zadornov and the chairman of the board of Sovcombank Dmitry Gusev, as well as the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Nikolai Pankov and the director of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War Alexander Shkolnik.
For people associated with the media, the list of penalties includes:
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host of the program However, on Channel One and Rosneft Vice President Mikhail Leontiev
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presenter and author of programs at the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Nailya Asker-zade
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VGTRK was correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny
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writings of Komsomolskaya Pravda Alexander Kots and Dmitry Steshin
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Irish journalist Brian McDonald, head of the English language editorial office of the RT television channel
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Head of the Board of Directors of Channel One, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation for Economic Affairs Maxim Oreshkin.
In addition, the restrictions affected the InfoRos agency, the online English publications South Front and SCF (Strategic Culture Foundation, Strategic Culture Foundation).
Authorized included influencers on Channel One, the largest state-owned channel in Russia … Authorized included war correspondents working with Russian troops in Ukraine, the report said.
Penalties include asset freezing and banning individuals from entering the UK.
In addition, due to the new sanctions, Russian companies will be banned from using the services of British firms in the field of PR, accounting and management consulting. They account for almost 10% of all foreign companies providing services to the Russian Federation in these sectors.
On the eve of the EU announced the sixth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation. They will be used to import Russian oil, as well as to disconnect a few more banks from SWIFT.
Putin imposed retaliatory sanctions against the West
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Source: korrespondent
