Russia added 39 British politicians, business people, and journalists to its sanctions list, the Foreign Ministry announced in a statement released on Monday.
The list also included former British Prime Minister David Cameron. The ministy explained that this step comes in line with London's hostile course aimed at demonizing Moscow and isolating it internationally.
"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 ministry noted.
"The detrimental actions of the UK in planting Russophobia, disseminating misleading information about our country and supporting Kiev's neo-Nazi regime will be met with an adequate and resolute response from the Russian side," the statment read.
"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," it stressed.
Last April, Moscow barred British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from entering the country. The move was taken “in view of the unprecedented hostile action by the British Government, in particular the imposition of sanctions against senior Russian officials,” the ministry pointed out.
In addition, the entry ban included Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, as well as 10 other British government members and politicians.
This step comes following Johnson’s visit to Ukraine where he had face-to-face talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of a “display of support with the Ukrainian people”.
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