UK Hits Russian State Media With Sanctions
The U.K. added 17 new entries to its Russia sanctions regime, including big players in Russian state media, following Russia's military assault on Ukraine. The newly listed parties include Anton Anisimov, editor-in-chief of Sputnik, the Russian state-funded international news agency,…
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along with Sputnik's parent company Rossiya Segodnya and TV-Novosti, another major Russian media organization. In one notice, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation added 12 individuals and two entities. In another notice, OFSI added three entities -- Photon Pro LLP, Majory LLP and Djeco Group LP -- to the Russia sanctions regime, subjecting them to an asset freeze, for involvement in destabilising Ukraine or undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine.