Great Britain imposed sanctions against Aeroflot and VTB | News from Germany about Europe

Against the backdrop of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday, February 24, announced new sanctions against Russia. The new punitive measures include a ban on Aeroflot flights to the UK and a freeze on the assets of about 100 Russian individuals and companies, including VTB, Rostec, Uralvagonzavod, Sibur, Promsvyazbank and alleged former son-in-law of Vladimir Putin, Kirill Shamalov.

“In total, we are freezing the assets of more than a hundred companies and individuals, in addition to hundreds of others against which punitive measures have already been announced. The sanctions apply to all major manufacturers that support Putin’s war machine,” Johnson said.

In accordance with the new punitive measures of London, the amount of deposits that Russian citizens can keep in British banks is limited, a ban is introduced for large Russian companies to raise financing in the British market and restrictions on the export of high technologies and equipment for oil refining to Russia. Similar sanctions will be introduced against Belarus.

Previous package of British sanctions

On February 22, after Russia recognized the independence of the separatist “DNR” and “LNR”, the UK imposed sanctions against five Russian banks, as well as businessmen close to Putin Gennady Timchenko, Boris and Igor Rotenberg.

The next day, the US announced sanctions against the state corporation VEB.RF and Promsvyazbank, their subsidiaries (including the CSKA football club) and the sons of three Russian high-ranking officials.

Sanctions against Russia were also imposed by the European Union, Australia, Canada, and Japan. 351 State Duma deputies who voted for the recognition of the “DPR” and “LPR” fell under European restrictions, as well as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova, head of the presidential administration Anton Vaino, head of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov, State Duma vice speaker Petr Tolstoy, head of RT Margarita Simonyan and TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov.

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