Passers-by during snowfall in London, UKMOSCOW, Jan 31The British authorities, as part of a new package of sanctions, intend to freeze the assets of Russian companies «associated with the Kremlin», as well as ban the entry of a number of persons, the Times newspaper claims. regime against Moscow in the event of an escalation of the situation around Ukraine. It is expected that a bill to tighten the sanctions regime against Russia will be presented in the British Parliament on January 31. According to the Times, the ban on entry into Britain will apply to individuals and entities that are of «strategic importance» to the Russian authorities.
& # 34; (Measures — ed.) will greatly enhance our ability to beat Russia where it really hurts. Truss wants to give weight to our warnings to the Kremlin that any invasion would result in serious economic losses,” an unnamed source in the Foreign Office quoted Russia as saying that talking to it in the language of sanctions is counterproductive. The plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine are categorically denied in Moscow and constantly declare that they are not threatening anyone, and all such statements are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine hyped by the West is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the US and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. against Russia senseless