UK announces new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine mobilization
London said the new package of 22 sanctions hurt Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, who will be responsible for overseeing the country’s arms industry and equipping the newly mobilized military. Rice fields.
Britain announced new sanctions on Wednesday against Russian officials over the war in Ukraine.
London said the new package of 22 sanctions hurt Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, who will be responsible for overseeing the country’s arms industry and equipping the newly mobilized military. Rice fields.
He also said that he targeted 10 governors and regional heads of provinces such as Dagestan, Ingushetia and Kalmykia, and that a “significant number” had been recruited.
It follows Britain’s July sanctions against 29 local governors for their role in providing financial aid to Russia’s proxy government in Ukraine’s occupied territories.
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Among other new targets is Arkady Gostev, head of the Russian prison service for “helping recruit prisoners” to the Russian mercenary unit Wagner.
Western officials and Russian rights groups have accused Wagner chief Evgeny Prigozhin, a businessman close to the Kremlin, of personally participating in the recruitment of personnel to be sent to Ukraine in Russian prisons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilization of hundreds of thousands of reservists in Ukraine on 21 September.
Meanwhile, Western military intelligence agencies say thousands of Wagner personnel are stationed there, with one official telling reporters earlier this month that they are “increasingly like an integral part of the Russian military.” I saw it,” he said.
“In exchange for a pardon from President Putin, they drafted criminals, including murderers and sex offenders,” the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office said.
With the new sanctions, the number of individuals targeted in London this year has risen to 1,200, and more than 120 organizations have been punished in response to the Ukraine invasion.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley has welcomed the punitive measures, calling Moscow’s decision of partial mobilization a failed attempt to overwhelm “desperate” but “brave” Ukrainian forces. ,
“Today we enforced this conscription and imposed sanctions on the people who sent thousands of Russian citizens to Putin’s illegal and despicable war,” he said.
“The UK will continue to use both sanctions and military aid to defend Ukraine’s independence,” he added.
UK announces new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine mobilization
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