The British government on Monday announced new sanctions for isolate the Russian economyby freezing the assets of banks and prohibiting access to ships from that country.
“We will carry out a complete asset freeze of all Russian banks in the coming days, trying to coordinate with our alliesBritish Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told the British parliament.
The British government ordered to prohibit access to the ports of the United Kingdom to Russian-flagged vessels and those chartered or owned by RussiansBritish Transport Minister Grant Shapps announced on Twitter on Monday.
“I wrote to all British ports asking them not to give access to any Russian-flagged, registered, owned, controlled, chartered or operated vessel”, he added.
“We are willing to make economic sacrifices to support them, no matter how long it takesand we will not stop until the sovereignty of Ukraine is restored,” added the head of British diplomacy.
Because “more than 50% of Russian trade is in dollars or pounds sterling, noOur coordinated actions with the United States will reduce Russia’s ability to tradeTruss assured.
He also promised to target more tycoons, taking action on “houses, yachts and all aspects of their lives”.
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Long accused of turning a blind eye to the flow of money invested in the City or “Londongrad” properties, the government already banned several billionaires close to the Kremlin from its territory last week.
But the pressure is strong to go further and representatives have suggested affecting Roman Abramovitchowner of the Chelsea football club.
Without waiting, Abramovitch decided to hand over control of the club to the trustees of the Chelsea charitable foundation.
Russian-British Evgeny Lebedev, son of former KGB agent turned billionaire Alexandre Lebedev, published a text on the front page of the free Evening Standard newspaper, which he controls, to call for an end to the invasion. (I)
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