Truss: All major Russian businesses at risk of heavy UK sanctions if Putin invades Ukraine January 31, 2022 The UK will not hesitate to freeze the assets of any major Russian business or any oligarch linked to the Kremlin if Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, Liz Truss today announced. The foreign secretary said any Russian business that has “economic or strategic significance” to Russia could be shut out of operating in Britain and that [...]
TfL sanctions for bare-faced commuters slump September 23, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) slapped six non-mask wearing commuters per day with fines in July in the run-up to “Freedom Day” as policing of Covid-19 prevention measures on the capital’s transport network waned. TfL imposed 123 fines on commuters for not wearing a mask in July, a 79 per cent drop from June’s 590 fines. [...]
Gas prices soar to £8 per therm as West weighs up sanctions targeting Russian energy supplies March 7, 2022 Natural gas prices in the UK and Europe have rocketed from already-record highs, peaking at a staggering £8 per therm earlier today.
Kremlin bans citizens from calling for sanctions against Russia after denying plans to institute martial law March 4, 2022 Russia’s Duma has introduced a new law to ban citizens from calling for sanctions to be imposed on Russia, and said those found guilty may be forced into “obligatory labour” for up to three years. Russians who call for sanctions to be imposed on Russia, over its invasion of Ukraine, could face fines of up [...]
‘Crazy war’: Sanctioned Russian banking billionaire urges West to give Putin ‘a clear exit to save face and stop this massacre’ April 20, 2022 Vladimir Putin’s “crazy war” has been condemned by sanctioned Russian tycoon Oleg Tinkov, who said 90 per cent of people disagree with it. The founder of the country’s second biggest credit card issuer took to Instagram to criticise the authoritarian president and the Kremlin’s brutal assault on Kyiv. Tinkov, who has lived in the UK [...]
Alexei Navalny: UK government under fire for ‘pathetic’ response to Putin critic’s death February 21, 2024 A senior Tory MP has called on the government to go “a lot further” in punishing Putin today after ministers sanctioned prison officers at the Artic jail where Alexei Navalny was killed.
Exclusive: As ‘hawkish’ Liz Truss threatens Putin with sanctions, questions emerge about UK’s enforcement agency February 6, 2022 As the West, led by President Biden, threatens Russia with far-reaching sanctions in case Putin does order an invasion of Ukraine, questions are raised about the UK’s sanctions enforcement agency. As it turns out, it has only handed out six fines in the last six years. In fact, the six fines by the agency, OFSI, [...]
Exclusive: Senior Tory calls for UK to mull HSBC sanctions over links to Uyghur oppression January 11, 2022 HSBC should be hit with economic sanctions if it does not sever ties with a firm that is closely linked to the ethnic cleansing of Uyghur Muslims in China, according to senior Tory MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith. City A.M. can reveal the former Conservative leader and a group of other MPs will write to [...]
Even Russia’s central bank is ‘surprised’ as country’s lenders post record profits January 31, 2024 Russian banks posted record profits in 2023 in news that surprised even the country’s own central bank, showing how the state is weathering Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
UK says Russian invasion of Ukraine has begun: Boris Johnson says first sanctions coming today February 22, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has begun, UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said this morning, making the imposition of Russian sanctions imminent. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the “first barrage of UK economic sanctions against Russia” will be revealed today as he warned Vladimir Putin is bent on a “full scale invasion of Ukraine”. It [...]