More UK Sanctions On Russia To Be Imposed, Officials say

Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, dubbed 'the butcher of Mariupol',
Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, dubbed 'the butcher of Mariupol' - Credit: AP

London, (Parliament Politic Magazine) – According to the ministry, the Uk sanctions on Russia. After Vladimir Putin assaulted Ukraine, it has banned almost 1,000 of Russia and Belarus’ highest prominent and elevated persons, businesses, and companies. The UK government has imposed 14 new sanctions on Russia’s effects outlets, official news organizations, and top generals, namely “the butcher of Mariupol.”

Overview: 

Foreign Minister Liz Truss announced the measure, saying those sanctioned have promoted falsehoods and deception regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unlawful occupation of Ukraine.

Among those blocklisted is Russian Brigadier general Mikhail Mizintsev. He has been accused of bombarding a hospital and a play theatre in which more than 1,000 people were hiding. Sergey Brilev, a Russian recruiter, and Broadcast, which operates Russia Today’s news station, are also on the shortlist. fuck 

Sergey Brilev
Sergey Brilev, a Russian recruiter, and Broadcast – Credit: russiancouncil.ru

Mr. Brilev, a popular TV journalist on Russian state-owned broadcaster Rossiya, would no longer be allowed to use either of his UK properties or conduct commercial operations since he formerly worked in the UK.

According to the government, organizations and persons operating in the UK will also be barred from trade with Russian official “propaganda vehicles” RT and Sputnik and senior executives in those organizations.

As President Putin started the war on Ukraine a month earlier, over 1,000 Russian billionaires and businesses have been sanctioned. Ms. Truss stated that the administration would “keep on going with more sanctions” to “ensure Putin loses in Ukraine.”

In a statement, she stated, “Putin’s war on Ukraine is based on a torrent of lies,” 

“Britain has helped lead the world in exposing Kremlin disinformation, and this latest batch of sanctions hits the shameless propagandists who push out Putin’s fake news and narratives.”

“We will continue with more sanctions to ramp up the pressure on Russia and ensure Putin loses in Ukraine.” “Nothing, and no one is off the table.”

Following the recent withdrawal of RT’s broadcasting license by the UK media watchdog Ofcom, the recent batch of sanctions imposed on Russia aims to ensure that the channel would not be allowed to reappear on UK televisions. It will protect UK-based businesses and people from just doing marketing with Russian propaganda news vehicles RT and Sputnik and prominent members of those organizations.

These penalties will be aimed at people involved in the Russian government’s conduct. She stated that we would not refuse to take more action against individuals and organizations seeking to mislead the public about this disastrous war.

 Russian Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev is renowned for utilizing deplorable methods, such as bombarding residential centers in Aleppo in 2015-16, then in Mariupol, where crimes are being perpetrated on Ukrainian people.

The UK also announced that it has accelerated sanctions on Russia 2021 on seven more people linked to the Tactical Media Institute, which Australia has just banned for its involvement in misinformation dissemination. The UK is working closely with partners to attack Russia’s oligarchs, banks, and enterprises.

‘We will not hesitate to act further.’

According to Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, he “has been working overdrive to spread disinformation and distract from his barbaric actions in Ukraine.”

“These sanctions will target those who are complicit in covering up the Russian state’s actions,” Ms. Dorries explained.

“We will not hesitate to act further against individuals and organizations attempting to deceive people about this misguided war.

The UK has also moved quickly to impose current sanctions on Russia, another seven people linked to the Strategic Culture Foundation. Australia has just sanctioned them for their involvement in disseminating misinformation.

Politicians, officials and oligarchs on UK sanction on Russia: 

“The UK operates closely with allies to target Russia’s oligarchs, banks and businesses.”

Last Monday, the UK government placed 65 new UK sanctions on Russia and its firms to disrupt “vital industries fuelling Putin’s war machine.”

The Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries, who are suspected of plotting the assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Alfa-Bank, Russia’s biggest private bank, were among them.

Polina Kovaleva, the stepdaughter of Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov, billionaire oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler, and Herman Gref, the Chairman of Russia’s greatest financial Sberbank and a connected councilor to Vladimir Putin since the 1990s, was among everyone else.

Uk sanctions on Russia and travel restrictions are among the measures imposed on people listed in the case. Because the war between Russia and Ukraine started on February 24. The UK has banned banks with a total capital value of 500 billion British pounds and a total wealth of much more than 150 billion British pounds from Russian billionaires and their relatives. Maintenance on airplanes or ships belonging to particular sanctioned Russian billionaires or their firms is prohibited under a new law approved this week.

Beth Malcolm

Beth Malcolm is Scottish based Journalist at Heriot-Watt University studying French and British Sign Language. She is originally from the north west of England but is living in Edinburgh to complete her studies.