Following sanctions targeting Russian uranium, military-industrial components, and maritime transportation, the United Kingdom is preparing another large-scale package of restrictions against Russia, with the next phase expected to focus primarily on the country's financial sector.
Ukraine's Presidential Commissioner for Sanctions Policy Vladyslav Vlasiuk said this in comments to Ukrinform.
Vlasiuk said discussions surrounding the UK's latest decisions often overlooked the significance of the sanctions package adopted on May 20, which he described as a substantial instrument of pressure on Russia.
According to him, the package introduced tough sanctions against Russian uranium, including bans on its import, purchase, and transit through third countries, which he said dealt a direct blow to the revenues and leverage of Rosatom in the Western nuclear energy market.
He also noted that the sanctions significantly expanded export controls on goods used by Russia's military-industrial complex. The restrictions cover industrial chemicals, metals, and equipment required for the production of microchips, semiconductors, and drones, including carbon fiber products, aluminum, boron nitride, ammonium fluorides, and arsine.
