Russia imposes personal sanctions against a number of British citizens

This was reported on the official website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“Entry to the territory of the Russian Federation is closed for them.

These measures were introduced in accordance with the Federal Law "On the Procedure for Exiting the Russian Federation and Entry into the Russian Federation," says Nikolai Lakhonin, Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in the statement.

Moscow called on the leadership of the United Kingdom to abandon an unreasonable confrontational line with respect to Russia and noted that unfriendly steps will not go unanswered.

In December 2020, the UK government announced the imposition of sanctions against three Russian citizens and the Terek Special Rapid Response Unit on charges of human rights violations.

Restrictive measures were introduced against the speaker of the Chechen parliament Magomed Daudov, the former head of the police of the city of Argun Ayub Kataev and the deputy head of the Chechen Interior Ministry Apti Alaudinov.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called these measures unjustified attacks by London and a clear demonstration of the true intentions of the country's leadership with regard to further building its course in the Russian direction.