UK sanctions Russian labs and people over chemical weapons used on Navalny and Skripal
Summary
The UK government imposed sanctions on nine Russian individuals and organizations linked to the development of chemical weapons used in attacks on Alexei Navalny and Sergei Skripal. On the same day, the UK military reported intercepting a Russian aircraft that approached a British naval group near the Arctic, calling the Russian actions unsafe.Key Facts
- The UK sanctioned seven people and two research institutes from Russia.
- These sanctions relate to the creation of chemical weapons used on Navalny in 2024 and Skripal in 2018.
- Navalny was poisoned with the toxin epibatidine while in an Arctic prison colony.
- Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England; a local woman died from the same attack.
- The Russian organizations sanctioned include the SC Signal and State Scientific Research and Testing Institute for Military Medicine.
- The UK’s Foreign Secretary described Russia’s use of chemical weapons as a violation of international law and a threat to global safety.
- The UK Ministry of Defence reported a Russian Bear-F aircraft flew dangerously close to the HMS Prince of Wales carrier group in the Norwegian Sea.
- British F-35 jets intercepted and escorted the Russian plane away after it dropped sonar detection devices near the British fleet.
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