UK to introduce new sanctions on Belarus and Russian media

UK to introduce new sanctions on Belarus and Russian media

by Reuters News Service
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The six Russians named by Britain’s finance ministry on Monday were mostly associated with the websites SouthFront and NewsFront

Britain said it would on Tuesday introduce new economic, trade and transport sanctions on Belarus over its support for Russiaโ€™s invasion of Ukraine, and also sanctioned six Russians it said were spreading disinformation.

The Belarus package will include import and export bans on goods worth around 60 million pounds ($73 million), including on exports of oil refining goods, advanced technology components and luxury goods, and imports of Belarusian iron and steel.
Britain will also ban more Belarusian companies from issuing debt and securities in London.
โ€œThe Belarus regime has actively facilitated Putinโ€™s invasion, letting Russia use its territory to pincer Ukraine โ€“ launching troops and missiles from their border and flying Russian jets through their airspace,โ€ the British government said in a statement.
Britain has already raised import tariffs on a range of products from Belarus by 35 percentage points and sanctioned Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and senior government officials.
Britain, along with Western allies, has been imposing sanctions against Russian elites, banks and strategic industries since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Russia says it is conducting a โ€œspecial military operationโ€ in Ukraine.
The six Russians named by Britainโ€™s finance ministry on Monday were mostly associated with the websites SouthFront and NewsFront, which Britain said had โ€œspread disinformation relating to Ukraine and promoted the Government of Russiaโ€™s false narrative about the Russian invasion of Ukraineโ€œ.
Britain also sanctioned United World International, which it called an โ€œonline news site which promotes pro-Russian disinformationโ€.
Under the sanctions, British financial institutions must freeze immediately any assets they hold on behalf of sanctioned individuals or companies and report them to the government.
REUTERS

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