MOSCOW, Jan 31Russia will retaliate against British businesses if the UK decides to impose new sanctions on Moscow that could affect Russian businesses, Russian Ambassador to London Andrei Kelin said. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Sunday that London does not rule out the possibility that the property «Russian oligarchs» in London may be confiscated as part of the tightening of the sanctions regime against Russia 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 31.10:54 Zakharova gave advice to the British Foreign Minister after her words about Russian oligarchs «We'll see, and, of course, countermeasures will be taken. After all, British business also works in Russia. And measures can always be taken on a reciprocal basis. So Let's see how it ends, we don't know,» Kelin said on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel. Russian Ambassador to Britain Andrey Kelin, commenting on London's statements about the likelihood of confiscation of Russian property, did not rule out that London would start a «fight against windmills» .According to him, there is a problem of money laundering in Britain, but there is 4% of Russian money there. «This is such a fight against windmills … I do not exclude that London, in order to achieve some imaginary political goals, may unleash a campaign against Russian citizens, against those especially the heads of companies that are in Russia,» Kelin said. The Kremlin believes that the British authorities' threats of new sanctions are «an open attack on business,» including British and statements by the authorities undermine the investment attractiveness and, in general, the attractiveness of the UK as such, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. According to him, London's attack on Russian business implies retaliatory measures, they will proceed from their own Russian interests. The Times newspaper previously reported that the UK authorities, as part of a new package of sanctions, intend to freeze the assets of Russian companies «linked to the Kremlin», as well as ban travel a number of persons. According to the newspaper, the ban on entry into Britain will apply to individuals and legal entities that are of «strategic importance» to the Russian authorities. >14:51 London's threats against Moscow will not improve relations, Russian ambassador said
