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Russia announced on Friday that it has sanctioned the International Criminal Court prosecutor, who is seeking the arrest of President Vladimir Putin, as well as British ministers who have fiercely opposed Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.
The ICC’s Karim Khan, who is British, issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March on the accusation of having unlawfully deported Ukrainian children.
Russia, which is not a member of the ICC, insisted that the warrant against Putin is void.
Reports have it that a total of 54 people have been added to Russia’s sanctions list targeting British citizens.
They include sports minister Lucy Fraser “who is actively pushing for the international sporting isolation of Russia, and the British Deputy Defence Minister Annabel Goldie, who is responsible for delivering weapons to Ukraine.
Also sanctioned are British journalists from the BBC, the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph, accused by Moscow of being “involved” in “disseminating false information” about Russia and in “supporting information and propaganda activities” by Kyiv.
