Britain froze the assets of Russia’s largest bank.
The British Foreign Office has announced the freezing of assets of Russia’s largest bank under the pretext of Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Terrace announced yesterday (Wednesday) that it would freeze the assets of Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, put eight Russian businessmen on a sanctions list and end oil and coal imports from Russia by next year. .
As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to step up pressure on the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin under the pretext of invading Ukraine, Britain has banned all foreign investment in Russia and its biggest assets, Bloomberg News reported. The bank blocked the country.
The British Foreign Office said in a statement on Wednesday that Britain, in concert with the United States, had frozen all assets of Sberbank and Moscow Credit Bank and also intended to suspend all oil and coal imports from Russia by the end of 2022. Sanction eight influential Russian businessmen.
Britain and its Western allies have stepped up their crackdown on Russia following the release of video footage of the town of Bucha in the Kiev region, where civilians were handcuffed and blamed on Russian forces. The British embargo has been in place since the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine on February 24.
Following the withdrawal of Russian troops from the suburbs of Kiev, Ukraine and its Western allies launched a new scenario accusing Russia of massacring civilians, with Ukrainian officials claiming that in some areas, especially in the city of Bucha, the bodies of large numbers of civilians were found. The streets of the city have been seen apparently killed by Russian troops. However, Russian officials say the Bucha incident is fabricated and that the West is trying to create a climate against Russia.
