Russia has received heavy sanctions from the western world ever since the war in Ukraine began, even including freezing the assets of Russian billionaires in their countries. Russia has been responding to these by counter sanctions
FP Staff
August 01, 2022 20:56:14 IST
File image of Russian president Vladimir Putin. AP
Russia’s foreign ministry said the listed UK citizens, including journalists, “contribute to the hostile course of London aimed at the demonisation of our country and its international isolation”.
Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, 2022, western countries and their allies have resorted to blacklisting what they call the Russian Oligarchs. This policy is supposed to make them pressurise Putin to stop the war by hitting their economic interests throughout the world.
With inputs from agencies
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