Russia bars Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves in new 'stop list' as feud escalates

Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves are among a agelong database of Labour politicians who volition present beryllium prevented from entering Russia nether caller sanctions published by its overseas ministry

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has been barred from entering Russia on with a agelong database of Cabinet ministers nether caller sanctions.

Yvette Cooper and Rachel Reeves are among the ministers who volition not beryllium allowed to participate nether the caller rules published by the overseas affairs ministry. And Jonathan Reynolds and Ed Miliband are besides successful the 30 British citizens listed.

The Russian ministry said it was putting members of the UK’s governmental and subject constitution arsenic good arsenic journalists connected its “stop list”.

It comes after Russia expelled a British diplomat and accused him of spying portion the UK’s ambassador to Moscow has besides been summoned by the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The diplomat worked astatine the embassy successful Moscow and had replaced 1 of six British quality officers who were expelled successful August, quality bureau Tass reported citing Russian Security Service the FSB. His accreditation has been revoked, meaning helium indispensable permission the country.

The FSB claimed helium had provided mendacious accusation to participate the country, according to the report. It said it had recovered grounds the diplomat was progressive successful “reconnaissance and subversive enactment that threatens the information of the Russian Federation.”

Downing Street has denied allegations the UK diplomat kicked retired of Russia was a spy. “To beryllium clear, we refute these allegations. They’re baseless. We’re present considering our response,” a No 10 spokesperson said.

Downing Street said it would not pre-empt what the UK’s effect mightiness be, erstwhile asked if a tit-for-tat expulsion would occur. “This is not the archetypal clip that (Vladimir) Putin’s authorities has made malicious, baseless accusations against our staff,” the spokesperson besides said.

He added: “You’ll retrieve that the Kremlin baselessly curtailed the accreditation of six UK diplomats successful Russia earlier this twelvemonth pursuing enactment taken by the UK Government successful effect to the Russian authorities directing enactment crossed Europe and successful the UK. Today’s announcement is nary astonishment coming from President Putin’s government, which has overseen an amerciable warfare successful Ukraine.

“The UK Government is unapologetic astir protecting our nationalist interests and volition present respond successful owed course, and our embassy successful Moscow volition proceed its important enactment successful Russia to enactment UK interests.”

Tensions betwixt Russia and the West person importantly escalated successful caller days aft US President Joe Biden authorised Ukraine to usage American-supplied long-range missiles to onslaught targets wrong Russia. Storm Shadow missiles supplied to Ukraine by Britain were reportedly fired into Russia past week.

There person been a bid of diplomatic rows betwixt Russia and Britain implicit the past year. In May, the UK expelled Russia’s defence attache successful London, Colonel Maxim Elovik, claiming helium was an “undeclared subject quality officer”, removed diplomatic presumption from respective Russian-owned premises, and placed restrictions connected Russian diplomatic visas. In response, Russia expelled Britain’s defence attache successful Moscow, Captain Adrian Coghill.

Here is the afloat database of British nationals banned:

1. Angela RAYNER, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government;
2. Yvette COOPER, Minister of the Interior;
3. Shabana MAHMOOD, Lord Chancellor and Minister of Justice;
4. Rachel Jane REEVES, Minister of Finance;
5. Patrick Bosco MCFADDEN, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster;
6. Edward Samuel MILIBAND, Minister for Energy Security and Carbon Neutrality;
7. Wesley Paul William STREETING, Minister of Health;
8. Steven Mark Ward REED, Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;
9. Jonathan Neil REYNOLDS, UK Secretary of State for Enterprise and Trade, Chairman of the UK Board of Trade;
10. Elizabeth Louise KENDALL, Minister for Work and Pensions;
11. Bridget Maeve PHILLIPSON, Minister of Education;
12. Hilary James Wedgwood BENN, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland;
13. Joanna Meriel STEVENS, Secretary of State for Wales;
14. Lucy Maria POWELL, Leader of the House of Commons of the British Parliament and Lord President of the Privy Council;
15. Angela Evans SMITH, Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal;
16. Maria EAGLE, Deputy Minister of Defence;
17. Benjamin William JUDAH, Adviser to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
18. Gurinder Singh JOSAN, Labour MP successful the House of Commons of the UK Parliament;
19. John Derek TWIGG, Labour MP successful the House of Commons of the UK Parliament;
20. Andrew James SNOWDEN, Conservative MP successful the House of Commons of the United Kingdom;
21. Keith BISSETT, Commanding Officer of No. 51 Squadron RAF;
22. Victoria FOY, Member of the Board of Directors of SAFRAN SEATS GB, Executive Director of SAFRAN SEATS;
23. Adrian John Luke EVES, Member of the Board of Directors of CALLEN-LENZ;
24. Matthew John FOSTER, Member of the Board of Directors of CALLEN-LENZ;
25. David Samuel John HOLMES, Member of the Board of Directors of CALLEN-LENZ;
26. Simon Werner MUDERACK, CEO of WINDRACERS GROUP LIMITED and DISTRIBUTED AVIONICS LIMITED;
27. Catherine Mary WRIGHT, Member of the Board of Directors of WINDRACERS GROUP LIMITED and DISTRIBUTED AVIONICS LIMITED;
28. Stephen John Michael WRIGHT, Member of the Board of Directors of WINDRACERS GROUP LIMITED and DISTRIBUTED AVIONICS LIMITED;
29. Tom BALL, journalist, TIMES newspaper;
30. Dan WOODLAND, journalist, DAILY MAIL newspaper.