UK bars Russia from its accounting, PR services

Britain on Wednesday said it might reduce Russia’s get admission to UK-primarily based services along with accountancy as well as sanction pro-Kremlin information shops and their reporters reporting Moscow’s invasion from within Ukraine.

“By restricting Russia’s get entry to our international-magnificence control specialists, accountants and PR corporations, we’re ratcheting up financial stress on the Kremlin to trade direction,” Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said in an announcement.

The government in London said UK businesses supply 10 percent of Russia’s imports in the services sector and that the UK has now sanctioned over 1,600 individuals and entities.

Russia has responded with tit-for-tat sanctions.

“Cutting Russia’s access to British services will put more pressure on the Kremlin and ultimately help ensure (Russian President Vladimir) Putin fails in Ukraine,” Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said.

Truss also announced 63 sanctions including asset freezes and travel bans affecting media organisations responsible for what she called “the Kremlin’s shadowy troll factory tactics”.

The new regulation will oblige social media companies, internet service providers and app shops to block content material from Kremlin-sponsored information companies RT and Sputnik, whose television pronounces have been already banned.

Individual tour bans could be implemented to “enormous” people operating for nation-owned outlet Channel One and different “strategic propaganda corporations”, in addition to warfare correspondents embedded with Russian forces in Ukraine.

“Channel One is known for spreading disinformation in Russia, justifying Putin’s illegal invasion as a ‘Special Military Operation’,” the statement said.

“The UK will continue to work closely with social media platforms and allies to uncover, expose, and counter the Kremlin’s disinformation operation.”