Britain on Thursday announced sanctions on 14 more Russian entities and individuals, including the state media organizations behind RT and Sputnik and some of its leading figures, saying it was directed at those who oust the president vladimir putin "fake news and narratives". Brittany is performing in concert with his western allies to try to cripple Russia's economy as punishment for its invasion of Ukraineand has already sanctioned more than 1,000 people and companies.
Among those sanctioned on Thursday were RT managing director Alexey Nikolov, Sergey Brilev, a prominent newscaster on state television Rossiya and Radio network, and Sputnik editor-in-chief Anton Anisimov. The government said it was also directly sanctioning state media organizations, including Kremlin financed TV-Novosti, owner of RT, and Russia Segodnyawhich controls the Sputnik news agency.
"Putin's war against Ukraine is based on a torrent of lies," said Chancellor Liz Truss he said in a statement. "Britain has helped lead the world in exposure Kremlin disinformation, and this latest batch of sanctions hits the shameless propagandists pushing Putin's fake news and narratives."
Russian officials say RT - which had its UK broadcasting license revoked earlier this month - is a way of Moscow to compete with the dominance of global media companies based in the United States and Brittany what Moscow It claims to offer a partial view of the world. Moscow calls the invasion launched on February 24 a "special military operation" aimed at demilitarizing and "denazifying" its neighbor - which Ukraine and the West have dismissed as an unfounded pretext for war.
Britain's new sanctions also include seven people linked to Russian group of experts from the Strategic Culture Foundation, who were recently sanctioned by Australia for his role in spreading disinformation. The government said it had also sanctioned the Head of Russia's National Defense Command and Control Mikhail Mizinitsev Center, who he said had been 'responsible for planning and executing the siege and bombardment of Mariupol', a sur Ukrainian port city that has been bombed for weeks.
Britain has used sanctions to target Russia's access to the international financial system, as well as industries such as shipping and defense, and wealthy elites close to Putin.
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