Liz Truss calls on allies to 'do more' to cut off Russia leader's sources of cash.
“Russian oligarchs who have benefited from Putin’s regime will not be allowed to just go about their business as they were before this completely unprovoked war started,” Shapps told the PA news agency during a visit to the airport. In early March, the government banned Russian aircraft from U.K. airspace following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and introduced powers to detain such planes, and remove aircraft belonging to sanctioned individuals and entities from the U.K. register. The U.S. had hit all three with sanctions Wednesday. Shvidler, a close associate and business partner of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, was added to the U.K. list of sanctioned individuals at the end of March. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on Friday added Putin’s daughters Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova, and Lavrov’s daughter Yekaterina Sergeyevna Vinokurova to Britain’s list of individuals sanctioned over Russia’s lethal invasion of Ukraine. LONDON — The U.K. has sanctioned the adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a move coordinated with Western allies.
Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova will be subject to asset freeze and travel ban.
Neither daughter had been added to the EU’s public sanctions list on Friday morning. The urgent procedure gives the UK 56 days to find its own evidence. There have been persistent but unconfirmed reports that Putin has fathered other daughters but Tikhonova and Vorontsova are his only publicly acknowledged children.
New UK sanctions target the daughters of President Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The UK Sanctions List is updated every time a decision is made to make, vary or revoke a designation. Russia’s narrative that Western sanctions have caused the rise in global food prices is a blatant lie. Russian ships are also banned from UK ports. These designations come into force as new analysis shows the devastating impact of the sanctions imposed on Russia’s economy in recent weeks. An asset freeze prevents any UK citizen, or any business in the UK, from dealing with any funds or economic resources which are owned, held or controlled by the designated person and which are held in the UK. It will also prevent funds or economic resources being provided to or for the benefit of the designated person. But we need to do more.
Travel bans and asset freezes against Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova are intended to target the "lavish lifestyles" of Mr ...
"But we need to do more. Through the G7, we are ending the use of Russian energy and hitting Putin's ability to fund his illegal and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Travel bans and asset freezes against Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova are intended to target the "lavish lifestyles" of Mr Putin's inner circle.
The UK has imposed sanctions on Vladimir Putin's daughters as part of a new package of measures targeting Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
The US will sanction Ms Tikhonova and Ms Vorontsova, along with key members of Russia’s security council. “Responsible nations have to come together to hold these perpetrators accountable,” he said. “But we need to do more.
The European Union and the UK have imposed sanctions on two adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of a new package of measures ...
Earlier this week, the United States also announced sanctions on Putin's adult daughters, in a new package of sanctions that includes banning any American from investing in Russia. In addition to sanctions on individuals, the 27-nation bloc also approved an embargo on coal imports. “But we need to do more.
The United Kingdom is going after what it calls the "lavish lifestyles" of the daughters of Russia's president and foreign minister.
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