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Mar 24, 2022, 8 tweets

SANCTIONED: Today the UK has imposed 65 new Russian sanctions, cutting off vital industries fuelling Putin’s war machine.

Those targeted include:
❌ Russian banks
❌ Oligarchs
❌ Defence companies
❌ Russian Railways

🔗 gov.uk/government/new…

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❌ SANCTIONED: Eugene Shvidler, oligarch with close business links to Roman Abramovich.

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❌ SANCTIONED: Oleg Tinkov, oligarch and founder of Tinkoff Bank.

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❌ SANCTIONED: Herman Gref, CEO of Sberbank.

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❌ SANCTIONED: Polina Kovaleva, stepdaughter of Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov.

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❌ SANCTIONED: Galina Danilchenko, Russian-installed ‘mayor’ of Melitopol.

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Today’s sanctions will hit:

➡️ Eugene Shvidler, billionaire businessman
➡️ Oleg Tinkov, founder of Tinkoff Bank
➡️ Herman Gref, CEO of Sberbank
➡️ Polina Kovaleva, stepdaughter of Sergey Lavrov
➡️ Galina Danilchenko, Russian-installed ‘mayor’ of Melitopol

#PutinMustFail

The UK 🇬🇧 will continue to support Ukraine 🇺🇦 and use sanctions to degrade the Russian economy on a scale that the Kremlin, or any major economy, has never seen before.

We #StandWithUkraine

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