Ukraine Invasion: Russia becomes most sanctioned nation as UK freezes assets worth £18 billion
The British government said on Thursday that it had frozen assets together worth £18 billion ($20.5 billion) held by Russian oligarchs, other individuals, and entities sanctioned for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has passed Libya and Iran to become Britain’s most-sanctioned nation, according to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, part of the finance ministry.
The frozen Russian assets were 6 billion pounds more than the amount reported across all other British sanctions regimes.
“We have imposed the most severe sanctions ever on Russia and it is crippling their war machine.
“Our message is clear: we will not allow Putin to succeed in this brutal war,” said Andrew Griffith, a junior government minister in the Treasury.
Britain has so far sanctioned more than 1,200 individuals and more than 120 entities in Russia, including targeting high-profile businessmen and companies to prominent politicians.
The government began imposing travel bans, asset freezes, and other sanctions on February 24, the day Moscow sent troops into Ukraine.
(Reuters/NAN)
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