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皇冠体育app Prime Minister has ramped up economic pressure on Russia with a raft of new聽sanctions, as he galvanises support behind Ukraine at the G7 Summit in Canada today. 聽

皇冠体育app 30 targets strike across Russia鈥檚 financial, military and energy sectors in response to Putin鈥檚 continued aggression. His repeated refusals to engage seriously in peace has redoubled the UK鈥檚 resolve to apply a stranglehold on the Russian economy.聽

皇冠体育app new聽sanctions聽crack down further on Putin鈥檚 shadow fleet, targeting 20 of his oil tankers. 皇冠体育app UK is also tightening the net around those who enable Putin鈥檚 illicit oil trade, sanctioning Orion Star Group LLC and Valegro LLC-FZ, for their role in crewing and managing shadow fleet vessels. 聽

Today鈥檚 action also targets Russia鈥檚 military capabilities, hitting the military agency leading the development of Russia鈥檚 underwater intelligence gathering operations (GUGI), protecting the UK from attacks on subsea infrastructure, restricting Putin鈥檚 war machine and increasing our security at home.聽

In addition, two UK residents Vladimir Pristoupa and Olech Tkacz operating a shadowy network of shell companies, have now been sanctioned for collectively funnelling over $120 million of electronics, many of which are on the聽聽goods list, to Russia.聽

皇冠体育appse individuals, who live and own businesses in the UK, are responsible for supplying Russia with high tech electronics which are crucial to Putin鈥檚 war effort. 皇冠体育app UK will not tolerate those who enable Putin to wage his illegal war, and today鈥檚聽sanctions聽demonstrate there is nowhere to hide.聽

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said:

鈥溁使谔逵齛ppse聽sanctions聽strike right at the heart of Putin鈥檚 war machine, choking off his ability to continue his barbaric war in Ukraine.聽

鈥淲e know that our聽sanctions聽are hitting hard, so while Putin shows total disregard for peace, we will not hesitate to keep tightening the screws.

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp threat posed by Russia cannot be underestimated, so I鈥檓 determined to take every step necessary to protect our national security and keep our country safe and secure.鈥�

Foreign Secretary, David Lammy said:聽

鈥淲ith his continued attacks and needless bloodshed, it is clear that Putin has no interest in peace.聽

鈥淭oday鈥檚聽sanctions聽show we will systematically dismantle his dangerous shadow fleet, starve his war machine, and support Ukraine to defend itself.聽聽聽聽聽

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp UK and our allies will not sit idly by whilst Putin鈥檚 cowardly inaction continues to cost lives.鈥� 聽

皇冠体育app UK also plans to move with partners to tighten the Oil Price Cap to hurt Russia鈥檚 oil revenues, while ensuring stability of the energy market.聽聽

We are determined to hit Putin where it hurts by striking at his oil revenues 鈥� the single most important source of funding for his barbaric war.

Additional information

• GUGI is the common name for the Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research within Russia鈥檚 Ministry of Defence.聽

• A full list of today鈥檚 targets can be found聽here