INVASION: Abramovich, Deripaska, Other Oligarchs Sanctioned By UK | SEE FULL LIST
Faith Ukanwa
Mar 10, 2022
INVASION: Abramovich, Deripaska, Other Oligarchs Sanctioned By UK | SEE FULL LIST
The United Kingdom (UK) government, has sanctioned oligarchs who have allegedly supported Vladmir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
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UK's Prime Minister, Borris Johnson while announcing the sanctions wrote on his social media handle;
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There can be no safe havens for those who have supported Putin's invasion.
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Today's sanctions are the latest step in our ruthless pursuit of those who enable the killing of civilians, destruction of hospitals and illegal occupation of Ukraine.
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Those newly-sanctioned by the UK include Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea Football Club, worth more than £9 billion; leading industrialist Oleg Deripaska worth £2 billion, and Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin the Chief Executive of Rosneft, Andrey Kostin; Chairman of VTB bank, Alexei Miller, CEO of energy company Gazprom, Nikolai Tokarev, president of the Russia state-owned pipeline company Transneft, Dmitri Lebedev, Chairman, Board of Directors of Bank Rossiya.
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Abramovic , and Deripaska some of the targets in the estimated £15 billion sanction hit, will have their assets frozen, a prohibition on transactions with UK individuals and businesses, a travel ban and transport sanctions.
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Sanction for Sechin and others are; assets freeze and travel ban
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