London. On Monday, the British government announced new sanctions to isolate the Russian economy by freezing bank assets and preventing the arrival of Russian ships.
“We will be carrying out a complete asset freeze on all Russian banks in the coming days, in an effort to coordinate with our allies,” British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told the British Parliament.
The British government has ordered a ban on Russian-flagged ships and those chartered or owned by Russians from UK ports, British Transport Minister Grant Shapps announced on Twitter on Monday.
“I have written to all British ports to ask them not to allow entry to any Russian-flagged, registered, owned, controlled, chartered or operating vessel,” he added.
“We are ready to make economic sacrifices to support them, no matter how long it takes, and we will not stop until Ukraine regains its sovereignty,” the British diplomat added.
Because “more than 50% of Russian trade is done in dollars or sterling, our coordinated actions with the United States will reduce Russia’s ability to trade,” Truss said.
He also promised to target more business leaders, and to take action on “homes, yachts and all aspects of their lives”.
The government has long accused regardless of the influx of money invested in city real estate or “Londongrad” real estate, and the government has already banned several billionaires close to the Kremlin from entering its territory last week.
But the pressure is strong to move forward and representatives have suggested targeting Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea Football Club.
Without waiting, Abramovich decided to hand over control of the club to the trustees of the Chelsea Foundation.
Russian-British Evgeny Lebedev, son of former KGB agent-turned-billionaire Alexander Lebedev, published a text on the front page of the free daily newspaper. Evening Standardcontrolled, to call for an end to the invasion.
Shell will withdraw from the companies it associates with Gazprom
The Anglo-Dutch hydrocarbon giant Shell announced, on Monday, that it is disengaging from its participation in several joint ventures with Russia’s Gazprom Group in Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Our decision to leave was taken with conviction,” Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said in a statement sent to the London Stock Exchange, explaining that the parties involved were worth $3 billion at the end of 2021, particularly in relation to the company’s business. Participation in the Sakhalin-2 gas project in the Russian Far East.
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