The British government imposed sanctions against 14 Russians in view of the Russian authorities' attempts to destroy Ukrainian national identity, in particular against 11 involved in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children.
This is stated in the press release of the government.
"In the terrible program of forced deportation of children and the hate-filled propaganda spewed by his lackeys, we see Putin's true intention - to wipe Ukraine off the map. "Today's sanctions are aimed at bringing to justice those who support the Putin regime, including those who want to see the destruction of Ukraine, the disintegration of its national identity and the destruction of its future," said Foreign Minister James Cleverley.
The new sanctions list includes 14 Russians, including 11 people involved in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children. Among them are the commissioner for children's rights in the Moscow region, Ksenia Mishonova, and the Minister of Education of Russia, Serhii Kravtsov.
It is noted that these individuals played a role in the Russian deportation program aimed at destroying Ukrainian cultural and national identity.
It is emphasized that more than 19 thousand Ukrainian children were forcibly deported to Russia or to the territory temporarily controlled by it.
Many children are placed in re-education camps in the illegally occupied Crimea and on the Russian mainland, where they receive Russian-oriented academic, cultural, patriotic and military education.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, more than 1,600 individuals and legal entities have come under British sanctions, including 29 banks with global assets of 1 trillion pounds, more than 130 oligarchs with a total fortune of more than 145 billion pounds, and restrictions have been introduced on trade between Britain and Russia by more than £20 billion.
As reported by Ukrinform, the enemy is organizing so-called children's rehabilitation programs in Russia, where minors are treated with Russian propaganda.
