UK imposes sanctions on 24 individuals and entities linked to Russian oil

The UK has announced new sanctions to increase pressure on Russia due to thewar in Ukraine.The UK announcedthese newsanctionstoday.

The UK has targeted individuals and entities linked to Russian oil, including companies such as Tatneft, Russneft, NNK-Oil, and Rusneftegaz, as well as Canadian-Pakistani billionaire Murtaza Lakhani.linked tooil, imposing sanctions on 24 individuals and entities.

These companies were described as Russia's largestnon-sanctionedoil companies.

Meanwhile, the EU todayEarlier in the day, it had imposedsanctions onattempting to evadesanctions, targeting 41 more vessels belonging to the shadow fleetthat transports Russia's oil and gas.LastOctober,the UK and the US had targeted Russia's largesthad previously imposed sanctions on the two major oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft.