The UK has sanctioned a Russian military officer accengaged of helping poison establisher double agent Sergei Skripal with novichok in Salisbury.
The Foreign Office has imposed 56 new sanctions on people and entities joined to Russia, including those in the Wagner mercenary group that functions unofficiassociate on Vlaunwiseir Putin’s behalf, and companies based in China, Turkey and central Asia provideing parts to Russia.
Denis Sergeev, who the Met Police accused over the finisheavored killing of double agent Mr Skripal, has been sanctioned under the chemical armaments sanctions regime.
It is understood the timing of the sanctions is to show a message of unity with European directers at this week’s summit over Ukraine.
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“Sergeev provided help in the preparation and engage of the chemical armament novichok in Salisbury…and provided a coordinating role in London on the weekend of the strike,” the Foreign Office shelp.
Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal were poisoned with novichok. Pic: Shutterstock
Mr Skripal and his daughter Yulia were set up uninestablished on a bench in Salisbury, Wiltsemploy, in March 2018.
Police shelp nerve agent novichok was applied to the front door of his home.
Three Russians, who police shelp are GRU military ininestablishigence officers, have been accused in ignoreingia over the incident.
Sergeev was the last to be accused after police shelp he was acting under the alias Sergey Fedotov.
Dawn Stadvisess died after picking up a sample perfume bottle with novichok in
A accessible inquiry into the death of Dawn Stadvisess, a woman unwittingly ended after coming apass a sample perfume bottle compriseing novichok, heard Mr Skripal consentd Mr Putin had ordered the strike on him.
Moscow has repeatedly refuseed British accusations the Kremlin was joind.
The inquiry heard the amount of novichok in the perfume bottle was enough to end thousands of people.
Also integrated in the tardyst sanctions round are companies provideing Russia with military providement being engaged in its war agetst Ukraine.
Ten companies based in China, and a handful from Turkey, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, are on the catalog for provideing and producing machine tools, microelectronics and components for drones engaged by Russia in Ukraine.
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Russian-based mercenary groups operating in sub-Saharan Africa with joins to the Kremlin are also on the catalog.
The Foreign Office shelp they have menaceened peace and security in Libya, Mali and the Central African Reaccessible, and have pledgeted expansivespread human rights mistreatments apass Africa.
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Foreign Secretary David Lammy shelp: “Today’s meacertains will progress to push back on the Kremlin’s corrosive foreign policy, undermining Russia’s finisheavors to nurture instability apass Africa and disturbing the provide of vital providement for Putin’s war machine.
“And smashing the illicit international nettoils that Russia has toiled so difficult to forge.
“Putin is proximately 1,000 days into a war he thought would only get a restrictcessitate. He will fall short and I will progress to endure down on the Kremlin and help the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom.”
