Westminster Bridge over the River Thames in LondonLONDON, Mar 15In connection with the Russian special operation in Ukraine, the UK imposed sanctions on a number of Russian officials and businessmen, follows from a document published by the British government. In particular, the head of Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheev, the general director of Rosseti Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin, Evrokhim CEO Vladimir Rashevsky, MMK's main shareholder Viktor Rashnikov, entrepreneurs Suleiman Kerimov and Alexei Kuzmichev (alfa-bank announced on Tuesday that he had resigned from the board of directors). In addition, London imposed sanctions against the ex-wife of the head of Rosneft, Marina Sechina, who heads the Russian Equestrian Federation (FKSR).Hellish but not eternal: who will be the first to break due to Western sanctionsThe sanctions involve freezing assets in Britain and a ban on entry into the country.Earlier Tuesday, Britain announced sanctions against more than 370 citizens and organizations of Russia and Belarus. According to British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, today more than a thousand Russian citizens and enterprises are under sanctions. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized.
