Published February 12,2024
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Russia on Monday imposed sanctions on 18 British residents together with a variety of high teachers and Russia specialists for what Moscow mentioned was an try and demonise Russia and fan the warfare in Ukraine.
“We are forced to state that Russophobically charged British representatives do not shy away trying to discredit the constitutional system and socio-political processes in our country,” Russia’s overseas ministry mentioned.
“The so-called brain trusts operating on the basis of the largest British and Western educational institutions make a significant contribution to the subversive work of London in the Russian direction.”
Personal sanctions have been introduced towards British Deputy Defence Minister James Cartlidge, Deputy National Security Adviser Sarah MacIntosh and Director of Submarines Simon Asquith.
Others focused included Stuart Peach, the British prime minister’s particular envoy to the Western Balkans, in addition to Lords Dan Hannan and Michael Ashcroft.
The teachers sanctioned included historians Orlando Figes, Norman Davies, Timothy Garton Ash, Rob Johnson, David Abulafia, and specialists together with Roy Allison of Oxford, Graeme Robertson of the University of North Carolina, Calder Walton of Harvard, and James Sherr of the International Centre for Defence & Security in Tallinn.
Source: www.anews.com.tr