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UK announces 350 new sanctions listings on Russia – Metro US

UK announces 350 new sanctions listings on Russia

Illustration shows letters arranged to read “Sanctions” in front of
Illustration shows letters arranged to read “Sanctions” in front of Russian flag colors

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government said on Tuesday it had added 350 new listings under its Russia sanctions regime and nine new listings under its cyber sanctions regime.

Among those in the latest round of sanctions were Andrey Melnichenko, who owned major fertiliser producer EuroChem Group and coal company SUEK, Pyotr Aven, an oil investor who built a European business empire with an estimated net worth of $4.7 billion, and Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu.

(Reporting by William James and Kylie MacLellan, editing by Elizabeth Piper and Michael Holden)