Britain announced sanctions on 14 more Russian entities and people on Thursday, including state media organisations behind RT and Sputnik and some senior figures, saying it was targeting those who push out President Vladimir Putin’s “fake news and narratives”, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Britain is acting in concert with its Western allies to try to cripple Russia’s economy as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine, and has already sanctioned more than 1,000 individuals and businesses.
Among those sanctioned on Thursday were RT’s managing director, Alexey Nikolov, Sergey Brilev, a prominent news anchor at the state-owned Rossiya Television and Radio network, and Sputnik Editor-in-Chief Anton Anisimov.
The government said it was also directly sanctioning state media organisations, including Kremlin funded TV-Novosti which owns RT, and Rossiya Segodnya, which controls news agency Sputnik.
