Moscow blacklists 39 Britons

MOSCOW, Aug. 02 (YPA) – Russia on Monday said it was blacklisting 39 British citizens, including Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and former Prime Minister David Cameron.

“Since the UK government continues to apply the mechanism of sanction restrictions against representatives of Russia’s socio-political circles, domestic economic operators and the media, the decision was made to put on the Russian stop-list a number of British politicians, businessmen and journalists who contribute to London’s hostile course aimed at demonizing our country and isolating it internationally,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement .

The choice in favor of confrontation is a conscious decision of the UK political establishment, which bears full responsibility for the consequences,” the ministry pointed out.

“Work on expanding the Russian stop-list will be continued given London’s destructive desire to whip up the spiral of sanctions under far-fetched and absurd pretexts,” according to the statement.

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