The British sanctions list has been replenished with the names of six more Russian citizens. As indicated on the website of the British Foreign Office, Daria Dugin, the daughter of political scientist Alexander Dugin, got into it. Alexander Dugin is a supporter of Eurasianism and Russia's integration with the post-Soviet republics. It has been on US , EU and Canadian sanctions lists since the mid-2010s.
“Dugina is a frequent and well-known author of disinformation regarding Ukraine <...> on various online platforms. Thus, Dugin supported and promoted policies or actions that destabilize Ukraine, undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine, ”the message says.
The sanctions list also includes:
www. directors of the Newsfront media group Evgeny Glotov and Yuri Fedin; co-founder of Newsfront and deputy chairman of Vnesheconombank Mikhail Sinelin; Alena Chuguleva and Aelita Mamakova, who are named as one of the key figures of the information and analytical agency South Front.South Front, according to UK government analysts, is a website that "spread disinformation about Ukraine and promoted
false Russian government narratives" about the sting operation.
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Of the legal entities, the United World International project, registered in Istanbul, was included in the British sanctions list. “United World International is an online news site that promotes pro-Russian
disinformation. There are reasonable grounds to believe that this organization supports or has supported policies or actions that destabilize Ukraine or undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty or security of Ukraine,” the justification for sanctions reads.
Earlier, on June 29, the UK included Russian businessman Vladimir Potanin and the governor of the Kemerovo region Sergey Tsivilev and his wife on the sanctions list. Potanin came under restrictive measures as the controlling owner of Rosbank: Interros bought him in April from Societe Generale, who was leaving the Russian market. According to the British authorities, Rosbank does business in the Russian financial sector, which is of strategic importance to the Russian government.
The Russian authorities have repeatedly called restrictive measures by the West illegal. “The sanctions hysteria, in which London plays one of the leading, if not the main role, leaves us no choice but to respond with proportionate tough measures. Their result will undoubtedly be the undermining of British interests in RUSSIA, ”said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.