UK sanctions Russian military officer accused of Salisbury novichok poisoning in crackdown on Kremlin

The UK has sanctioned a Russian military officer accused of helping poison createer double agent Sergei Skripal with novichok in Salisbury.

The Foreign Office has imposed 56 novel sanctions on people and entities joined to Russia, including those in the Wagner mercenary group that runs unofficipartner on Vlaillogicalir Putin’s behalf, and companies based in China, Turkey and central Asia provideing parts to Russia.

Denis Sergeev, who the Met Police accused over the tryed killing of double agent Mr Skripal, has been sanctioned under the chemical armaments sanctions regime.

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“Sergeev provided aid in the preparation and use of the chemical firearm novichok in Salisbury…and provided a coordinating role in London on the weekfinish of the strike,” the Foreign Office said.

Mr Skripal and his daughter Yulia were set up unalerted on a bench in Salisbury, Wiltsengage, in March 2018.

Police said nerve agent novichok was applied to the front door of his home.

Three Russians, who police said are GRU military inalertigence officers, have been accused in absentia over the incident.

Sergeev was the last to be accused after police said he was acting under the alias Sergey Fedotov.

A accessible inquiry into the death of Dawn Stinspiress, a woman unwittingly finished after coming apass a sample perfume bottle includeing novichok, heard Mr Skripal supposed Mr Putin had ordered the strike on him.

Moscow has repeatedly declineed British accusations the Kremlin was take partd.

The inquiry heard the amount of novichok in the perfume bottle was enough to finish thousands of people.

Also take partd in the tardyst sanctions round are companies provideing Russia with military providement being used in its war aobtainst Ukraine.

Ten companies based in China, and a handful from Turkey, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, are on the catalog for provideing and producing machine tools, microelectronics and components for drones used by Russia in Ukraine.

Russian-based mercenary groups operating in sub-Saharan Africa with joins to the Kremlin are also on the catalog.

The Foreign Office said they have menaceened peace and security in Libya, Mali and the Central African Reaccessible, and have pledgeted expansivespread human rights mistreatments apass Africa.

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Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: “Today’s meacertains will persist to push back on the Kremlin’s corrosive foreign policy, undermining Russia’s trys to back instability apass Africa and disturbing the provide of vital providement for Putin’s war machine.

“And smashing the illegal international netlabors that Russia has labored so challenging to forge.

“Putin is cforfeitly 1,000 days into a war he thought would only apshow a scant. He will fall short and I will persist to tolerate down on the Kremlin and aid the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom.”

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