Great Britain will stop selling Russian sovereign debt in London, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Liz Trails said. This reports Reuters.
Agency indicates that this is due to the possible introduction of Russian Armed Forces in Donbass.
“We were very clearly stated that we were going to limit the access of Russia to the British markets,” the tracks said, adding that in the case of a fully invasion of the territory of Ukraine, the kingdom plans to impose sanctions against key Russian “oligarchs” and organizations, as well as to limit access Moscow to financial markets.
On the eve, February 22, the United Kingdom introduced the first package of sanctions against Russia, which consisted of restrictions for three Russian participants of the Forbes list: Gennady Timchenko, Boris and Igor Rothenbergs, as well as five Russian banks, including Russia and Promsvyazbank. The sanctions implies the freezing of assets.