Moscow added 30 British nationals to its introduction prohibition database implicit the “reckless policies” and “anti-Russian activities” of the British government, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday.
Among those present banned from entering Russia are U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Secretary of State for the Home Department Yvette Cooper, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, arsenic good arsenic different elder British officials, subject personnel, politicians, concern leaders and journalists.
The Moscow Times could not instantly corroborate whether each the individuals listed are British citizens, arsenic Russia has antecedently misidentified citizenships successful akin introduction prohibition announcements.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry accused the 30 Britons of “distinguishing themselves done their anti-Russian activities,” truthful providing the grounds for their inclusion successful Moscow’s alleged “stop list.”
Authorities successful Moscow said they felt “compelled to gully attraction to the ongoing assertive anti-Russian rhetoric from the U.K. authorities, the systematic imposition of illegitimate unilateral sanctions by London and the reckless policies of the British enactment successful supporting the neo-Nazi Kyiv regime.”
The Foreign Ministry alleged that London is committed “to further systematic confrontation with Russia,” which it urged British officials to “abandon… successful favour of communal respect and constructive engagement, for the involvement of planetary information and stability.”
Since the full-scale penetration of Ukraine, Russia has banned hundreds of overseas nationals from entering the country, including those from the United States and the United Kingdom. In February, Moscow blocked introduction to 18 British nationals.
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