UK imposes new sanctions on Russian elites and businesses

LONDON, UK

Britain on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Russian elites and businesses, targeting strategic industries including a defence company that makes drones, major shipping group Sovcomflot and top lender Gazprombank.

Alfa-Bank JSC

The government said the latest steps mean Britain has imposed sanctions on banks with total assets of 500 billion pounds ($658.65 billion) and oligarchs and family members with a net worth of more than 150 billion pounds.

Below are are the details of those sanctioned on Thursday:

- Alfa-Bank JSC, the largest of the private banks in Russia

- Alrosa, the world's largest diamond producer with an estimated market value of $6.61 billion according to Refinitiv data.

- Defence company Kronshtadt, the main producer of Russian drones

Alrosa

- Eugene Markovich Shvidler, a billionaire businessman with close business links to Roman Abramovich, who was already been targeted by British sanctions

Didier Casimiro, the first
vice president of oil
company Rosneft 

- Oleg Aksyutin, the deputy chairman of the management board at energy group Gazprom.

- Didier Casimiro, the first vice president of oil company Rosneft. 

- Zeljko Runje, the deputy chairman of the management board and first vice president for oil, gas, and offshore business development of Rosneft

- Galina Danilchenko, who was installed as the mayor of Ukrainian city Melitopol by Russian authorities after their invasion.