Ukraine war: Russia bans UK prime minister Boris Johnson, Theresa May, others [Full list]

Russia has placed a ban on the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and other senior ministers over the war in Ukraine.

Recall that the UK had banned United States President Joe Biden in March. The country has however accused Britain of hostility following its invasion of its neighbour.

At the weekend, the foreign ministry established via a statement that the decision was in response to UK’s sanctions.

It cited that “London’s unbridled information and political campaign…creating conditions for containing our country and strangling the domestic economy.”

Russia acknowledged that the Britain is compounding the war in Ukraine, sending sophisticated weapons to Kyiv and collaborating with NATO.

Meanwhile, UK and US have declared further sanctions on Russia including financial measures targeting the economy, President Vladimir Putin, top officials and others.

Full list of banned UK officials: PM Boris Johnson; Foreign Secretary Liz Truss; Defence Secretary Ben Wallace; Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab; Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps.

Home Secretary Priti Patel; The Chancellor Rishi Sunak; Minister of Entrepreneurship, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng; Minister of Digitalization, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries.

Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey; First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon; Attorney General for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland Suella Braverman; Conservative MP and former British Prime Minister Theresa May.