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| Russia imposes sanctions against 22 British citizens |
| 2024-04-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russia has imposed sanctions against 22 British citizens involved in attempts to force Central Asian countries to comply with anti-Russian sanctions. This is stated in a message published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. “We note the continuation by the British government of an aggressive anti-Russian course, within the framework of which London declares the task of inflicting “strategic defeat on the battlefield” on our country, actively applying the mechanism of sanctions restrictions and conducting a subversive information and propaganda campaign. In response to these hostile actions of the British side, a decision was made to include a number of representatives of government agencies, the IT sector and the UK legal services market on the Russian “stop list,” the diplomatic department said in a statement. It is noted that among the persons included in the sanctions list are employees of the Micro Focus company, which provides Ukrainian intelligence services with software and cyber protection services that are necessary for collecting data when launching attacks on the Russian military and infrastructure. “The activities of such IT companies, which are accomplices of neo-Nazis, lead to the death of people and can be directed against any country whose authorities do not suit the Anglo-Saxons,” the Foreign Ministry added. In addition, Russian sanctions included individuals who are involved in activities to impose compliance with Western sanctions against Russia in Central Asian countries. As the ministry noted, the British authorities are harming the well-being of third countries by “stubbornly and unsuccessfully trying to strangle” the Russian economy. The ministry pointed out the futility of continuing the UK’s anti-Russian course, which will inevitably receive a tough response from the Russian Federation. At the same time, the Foreign Ministry assured that Russia will continue to work on expanding the stop list in response to the hostile actions of the British authorities. As Regnum reported, on March 22, Russia imposed sanctions against 56 Canadian citizens, permanently barring them from entering the country. Thus, in particular, the bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Diocese of Toronto Brian Bide, blogger Alik Gomelsky, and the president and CEO of Airbus Helicopters Canada Dwayne Sharett were denied entry into the country. The list also included several senior executives from the logistics company Cargojet. The department noted that the countermeasures of the Russian side are selective in nature, in contrast to the mass “listing” of Russians practiced by official Ottawa. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said on March 6 that the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West do not work, and Moscow turns them into dividends. The Kremlin spokesman expressed confidence that Russia will continue to successfully turn sanctions into dividends. More from regnum.ru US Department of Commerce blacklists companies from Russia, China and the UAE The US Department of Commerce has imposed export restrictions on companies from Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates. This is stated in a notice posted in the Federal Register of Official Documents of the American Government. The list includes three Russian companies - UEC-STAR, Delta Aero and Aerosila, as well as six companies from China, and two more from the UAE. The Bureau of Industry and Security, part of the US Department of Commerce, states in the document that these organizations, according to the US government, act contrary to the interests of national security or US foreign policy. As Regnum reported, on March 20, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury announced that two new Russian companies and two individuals were included in the sanctions list. Restrictions were introduced against the Agency for Social Design and the Structure group of companies. Also blacklisted were Ilya Gambashidze and Nikolai Tupikin, associated with these organizations. At the end of February, the US Treasury introduced new sanctions, which covered 26 legal entities in 11 countries, as well as companies from China, the UAE and Serbia. On March 1, a ban on the import of ungraded diamonds and diamond jewelry from Russia came into force in the United States. The Russian side has repeatedly spoken about its ability to cope with sanctions pressure. In February, President Vladimir Putin noted that the restrictions had opened up new opportunities and sales markets had opened up for domestic companies. Putin on March 19 also called on the FSB to support companies that face illegal measures. In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that new sanctions against Moscow will not go unanswered. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West do not work, and Moscow turns them into dividends. As the Kremlin representative clarified, these dividends, in particular, were expressed in the form of intensified work on the development of new technologies and their introduction into production. |
| Posted by:badanov |