The UK had used new aviation sanctions to impound an aircraft after making it a criminal offence for Russian aircraft to fly or land in the United Kingdom, UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps said. “Last night, I also signed a law which closes off some of those loopholes to do ...
Moscow will work out targeted trade and financial restrictions to Western sanctions introduced in the wake of Russia’s operation in Ukraine, Dmitry Birichevsky, the head of the Russian foreign ministry’s economic cooperation department, said. “It is obvious that targeted retaliatory trade and financial restrictions will also be developed,” Birichevsky said. ...