US EditionUK sanctions Russians over chemical weapons in Ukraine
- The UK government has imposed sanctions on two Russian officials and one organization in response to their involvement in the deployment and transfer of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
- The sanctions respond to increasing evidence, including from German and Dutch intelligence, that Russia is normalizing and expanding chemical weapon use in Ukraine.
- The British government has imposed sanctions on the Joint Stock Company known as the Federal Scientific and Production Centre for its role in providing RG-Vo riot control grenades, which have been used against Ukrainian forces.
- Sir Keir Starmer stated that their sanctions are having a significant impact, and as long as Putin continues to ignore calls for peace, they will persist in increasing the pressure.
- These sanctions aim to hold key Russian chemical weapons personnel accountable and signal ongoing efforts to penalize Moscow amid the intensifying conflict in Ukraine.
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UK Targets Russian Individuals Over Chemical Weapons Involvement
Britain imposes new sanctions on two Russian individuals and a Russian entity under its chemical weapons regime, aiming to penalize Moscow's actions in the Ukraine conflict. The measures target two military leaders and a research institute for involvement in chemical weapons activities.
UK sanctions Russian officials and lab over chemical weapons use in Ukraine
According to the updated sanctions list published on the U.K. government's official website, the new measures target Russia's Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry, as well as Lieutenant General Alexei Rtishchev, head of Russia's Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops, and his deputy, Andrei Marchenko.
On Monday, July 7, the British government imposed new sanctions against Russia for using chemical weapons in Ukraine in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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