Starmer hits Russia with new sanctions and reveals £210m Ukraine finance deal
The package will target Russia’s shadow fleet, finance networks and covert procurement channels, and a uranium deal will power Ukraine’s reactors for two years.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer unveiled 70 new sanctions targeting Russia's shadow fleet, military procurement supply chains, and illicit finance networks at the G7 summit in France.
- The measures target Neptune, a front company the UK says procures Western technology for Russian military intelligence, plus three companies and 10 officers from Russia's GRU.
- In the early hours of Sunday, British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the Channel, marking enforcement of existing sanctions protocols.
- The Prime Minister met Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss Euro-Atlantic security and defence financing, while also briefing German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on policy matters.
- President Donald Trump remains a source of potential friction, having been pictured at a working dinner next to Sir Keir amid US warnings against the UK's social media ban.
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U.K. increases Russia sanctions to bring ‘war machine to halt’: PM Keir Starmer
Britain PM Keir Starmer’s office said 70 new sanctions actions ‘will choke Russia's war effort across multiple fronts’ by targeting Russia's illicit ‘shadow fleet’, military procurement supply chain and finance networks used to circumvent sanctions
The United Kingdom has imposed new sanctions against the Russian "shadow fleet" and companies that help Russia to bypass previous og...
UK places sanctions on Russian 'shadow' ships and Yandex Bank
LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday imposed sanctions on the banking arm of Russian firm Yandex, two other lenders and dozens of vessels accused of exporting Russian oil and gas, and a covert military procurement network.
UK imposes sanctions on Russian ‘shadow’ ships and Yandex Bank
Yandex is Russia’s largest technology company and internet search engine, complete with a banking arm. (EPA Images pic) LONDON: Britain on Tuesday imposed sanctions on the banking arm of Russian firm Yandex, two other lenders and dozens of vessels accused of exporting Russian oil and gas, and a covert military procurement network. The package aims to step up pressure on financial and logistics networks helping the Kremlin in its war in Ukraine. …
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