Mizintsev is known for his commitment to brutal methods of warfare.
Britain has imposed sanctions against a number of Russian propagandists, in particular against Russian Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, the press service of the British government writes. For the brutal blockade and destruction of Mariupol Mizintsev received the nickname “Mariupol butcher”.
The propagandists were subject to restrictions:
- host of the Russian propaganda state TV channel “Russia-1” Sergei Brilev. Brilev will not be able to gain access to his British assets and continue business relations in that country;
- Alexander Zharov , General Director of Gazprom Media and former head of Roskomnadzor;
- General Director of RT (formerly Russia Today) Alexei Nikolov ;
- head of Sputnik International Broadcasting Anton Anisimov .
Britain has also imposed sanctions against:
- TV-Novosti, which owns RT and is funded by the Kremlin,
- Russia Today, which controls Sputnik.
Due to the sanctions, RT will no longer broadcast in Britain.
The United Kingdom has also imposed sanctions on Mikhail Mizintsev , a Russian colonel-general and head of the Russian National Defense Control and Control Center (which plans and controls all Russian military operations around the world). For repeated bombings and blockades of the Ukrainian Mariupol Mizintsev received the nickname “Mariupol butcher”.
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We will remind, what in general sanctions for the Russian Federation were imposed by the Great Britain recently:
- put Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sanctions list;
- imposed sanctions against 386 deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation who voted for the “independence” of the regions of sovereign Ukraine – Donbass and Luhansk region;
- imposed sanctions on 65 individuals and legal entities related to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine;
- imposed a package of sanctions against oligarchs and five Kremlin-linked banks ;
- imposed sanctions against Russia aimed at “shutting down vital industries that fuel Putin's military machine”: strategic industries, banks and business elites ;
- Britain intends to stop importing Russian oil by the end of 2022;
- The UK government is preparing to temporarily nationalize Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail Ltd , a gas retail company in the country;
- Britain closes its ports to Russian ships;
- Britain “closed” its skies to Russian planes;
- Britain has imposed sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs: Deripaska and Abramovich;
- The British government is considering confiscating the mansions of Russian oligarchs in London.
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