VGTRK, journalists and bankers. Who is affected by the UK’s new sanctions?

British Foreign Office announced About new restrictive measures against Russia. This time, bankers, senators, state television workers, numerous media outlets and businesses came under sanctions.

There are currently more than 1.6 thousand Russians on the black list. Restrictions ensure that entry into the country is prohibited and all assets located there are blocked.

In addition, the UK authorities banned British firms from providing services to companies in the Russian Federation in the fields of PR, accounting and consulting management. According to London, about 10% of all companies in the world serving Russian customers in these sectors are British companies.

“Our professional service exports are extremely valuable to many countries, so we are closing Russia. [доступ] him. By denying Russia access to our world-class firms in management consulting, accounting and public relations, we are increasing economic pressure on the Kremlin to change course,” said Kwazi Kwarteng, UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, quoted by the ministry. .

Media and journalists

As the British Foreign Office stressed, sanctions should also help against the “Kremlin disinformation operation”. The blacklist includes the VGTRK TV channel, the Inforos agency, the Southfront.org website, and the Strategic Culture Foundation.

“For too long, RT and Sputnik have been spewing dangerous nonsense under the guise of serious news to justify Putin’s invasion of Ukraine,” said Chris Philp, Minister of Technology and Digital Economy.

“These outlets have already been taken down in the UK and we have banned anyone from doing business with them. We have now closed access to their websites, social media accounts and apps to stop the spread of lies,” he said.

Restrictions were also imposed against journalist Naila Asker-zade (All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Corporation), reporters Yevgeny Poddubny (All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Corporation), Alexander Kots (Komsomolskaya Pravda) and Dmitry Steshin (Komsomolskaya Pravda). A TV presenter and vice president working in Ukraine ” Rosneft” Mikhail Leontiev, as well as the chairman of the board of directors of Channel One Maxim Oreshkin.

Journalist Brian McDonald, who also worked at RT, was also on the sanctions list.

In an interview with socialbites.ca, Kots said that he sees no reason to be disappointed, as neither his presence in England nor his plans to visit this country. “I wasn’t going to London for the foreseeable future, I don’t have any presence in England (and generally anywhere but Russia). Therefore, I have no reason to be upset. It is an honor that the work on the front is noted at an international level, ”- I said Is it him?

March England introduced Sanctions against VGTRK journalist Sergey Brilev, the head of Gazprom-Media holding Alexander Zharov, the media group Rossiya Segodnya, including the head of Sputhik Anton Anisimov, and the RT television channel.

Bankers, Senators, and Museum Director

The new sanctions list includes two bankers: Otkritie chairman Mikhail Zadornov and Sovcombank chairman Dmitry Gusev. These credit institutions had previously been cut off from the SWIFT system and included in the UK and EU sanctions list.

In addition, under the sanctions were the Minister of Foreign Affairs – Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Nikolai Pankov, senators Viktor Kress, Alexander Nekrasov, Valery Ponomarev, Eduard Rossel and Ilyas Umakhanov. The restrictions will also affect Alexander Shkolnik, director of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, and Sergei Chemezov, head of the Rostec state company.

Restrictions were also imposed on the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Izhmash – Unmanned Systems LLC, Radioavionika OJSC, Baikal Electronics Company and Kamaz PJSC.

Kingdom Sanctions

24 March under British sanctions hit 59 people and businesses in Russia. Sanctions were imposed on Gazprombank, Rosselkhozbank, Alfa-Bank, SMP-Bank, as well as Russian Railways (RZD), Sovcomflot and RusHydro.

The sanctions also affected Oleg Tinkov, chairman of Sberbank German Gref and founder of Tinkoff Bank.

London in April banned the import High-end items like woodwork, silverware and caviar from Russia. The UK has also increased tariffs by 35% on products worth around £130m from the Russian Federation and Belarus, including rubber and diamonds.

Moreover, prohibited It exported luxury goods to Russia and imposed additional tariffs on British imports from Russia, including alcohol, paper, art, and iron and steel.

According to the newspaper TelegramThe UK economy will lose around £6.2bn ($7.96bn) over the next nine years due to sanctions against the Russian Federation. According to the April trade measures analysis quoted by the publication, the biggest damage will come from a ban on the supply of Aston Martin, Bentley and Burberry bags.

Companies involved in the export of petroleum products and technologies will lose £6.7m, while the computer industry will lose £4m.