The UK government, in coordination with the European Union, has sanctioned 178 individuals linked to pro-Russian separatist regions of Eastern Ukraine. The UK Foreign Office said the new sanctions are intended to target “those who prop up Russian-backed illegal breakaway regions of Ukraine.” This comes after a missile attack on a packed railway station in…
UK Sanctions Pro-Russian Separatist Leaders in Eastern Ukraine
April 13, 2022
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UK, EU Sanction Vladimir Putin’s Daughters Over Ukraine Invasion
The UK and the European Union have imposed sanctions on the two adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin over the invasion of Ukraine. The UK Foreign Office on April 8 announced travel bans and asset freezes on Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova, who were already sanctioned by the United States two days…
UK to Push for Tougher Sanctions on Russia, More Military Aid to Ukraine
April 4, 2022
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The British government has said it will push for tougher international sanctions against Russia and further increase supplies of weapons to Ukraine. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will use a trip to Poland this week to call for more sanctions against Russia ahead of talks with NATO and G-7 allies later in the week, the Foreign…
UK Sanctions Russian TV Figures in Bid to Crack Down on ‘Kremlin Disinformation’
The UK has imposed new sanctions on a number of Russian “propagandists” and media organisations for spreading “lies and deceit” about the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin-backed TV-Novosti, which controls the RT news channel, and the state-owned Rossiya Segodnya, which is responsible for the Sputnik news agency, were among 14 new entries added to the…
UK Says Sanctions Could Be Lifted If Russia Withdraws Troops From Ukraine
March 27, 2022
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Western sanctions against Russia can be lifted if Russia withdraws its invading forces from Ukraine and promises not to commit any “further aggression,” UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said. In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Truss said the sanctions can only be lifted with “a full ceasefire and withdrawal” and “commitments that there will…
UK Condemns Alleged Russian ‘Abduction and Deportation’ of Ukrainians From Mariupol
March 21, 2022
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The British government has condemned Russia’s alleged “abduction and deportation” of Ukrainian residents from the besieged city of Mariupol. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss wrote on Twitter: “I am appalled by Russian atrocities in Mariupol, including attacks on schools sheltering civilians and the abduction and deportation of Ukrainians. “Putin is resorting to desperate measures as he…
British–Iranian Mother Arrives Home After 6 Years Detained in Iran
March 17, 2022
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British–Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was reunited with her family on Thursday morning, six years after she was detained in Iran. She and Anoosheh Ashoori, another British–Iranian detainee, touched down on British soil at RAF Brize Norton at just after 1 a.m. local time. A video shared on social media showed the emotional homecoming as…
Detained British-Iranian Mother Allowed to Return to UK After 6 Years: Lawmaker
British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is about to leave Iran where she has been detained since 2016, according to her MP and her legal representative. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested at a Tehran airport in April 2016 as she prepared to head back to Britain with her daughter after…
West ‘Must Do More’ to Help Ukraine Resist Russian Aggression: UK’s Johnson
March 15, 2022
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The West must do more to help Ukraine in its effort to resist Russian aggression, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. Johnson made the remarks in London on Tuesday while hosting a meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), an alliance of northern European nations including Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands,…
UK Condemns China After Hong Kong Police Threaten to Jail UK Rights Activist
March 14, 2022
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The UK has criticised the Beijing and Hong Kong authorities for issuing threats to a UK-based human rights group, calling such behaviour “unjustifiable.” Hong Kong Watch, an NGO which monitors the human rights situation in the former British colony, said in a statement on March 14 that it had “received a formal warning from the…
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