The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. File photoMOSCOW, June 14The Russian Foreign Ministry has added 29 journalists from the UK to the new sanctions list, they are denied entry to Russia — among them are journalists from the BBC and The Guardian, in their work they contributed to inciting Russophobia in British society. «The following is a list of British subjects who are now banned entry into the Russian Federation.Media representatives: Shaun Walker, correspondent for the Guardian newspaper; Con Coughlin, columnist for the Daily Telegraph, according to a statement on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. banned from entering Russia, 29 people (including editors-in-chief of The Independent, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and others). «/>Lavrov explained to a British journalist Putin's words about Russia's self-cleansingThe Foreign Ministry said that the British journalists included in the list were involved in the dissemination of false and one-sided information about Russia, events in Ukraine and the Donbass, their assessments contributed to inciting Russophobia in British society. Also on the sanctions list 20 British citizens associated with the country's defense complex were hit. «The following is a list of British nationals who are now banned from entering the Russian Federation. Persons associated with the defense complex. Jeremy Mark Quinn, Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United Kingdom; Leo Docherty, Parliamentary Undersecretary of Defense of the United Kingdom,» the message on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry says. It is specified that British citizens associated with the defense complex participated in the decision-making on the supply of weapons to Ukraine, which «are used by local punishers and Nazi formations to kill civilians and destroy civilian infrastructure.» The sanctions list included the commander of the British Navy, Benjamin John Key, Commander of the RAF Michael Wigston, Commander of Joint Operations of the RAF Charles Richard Stickland, as well as representatives of several companies associated with the defense complex of the UK. imposed sanctions against 61 Canadian citizens
