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05 May 2022
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LNB news: Ukraine conflict—Russia to be cut off from UK’s management consulting, accounting and PR services

The Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, has announced that the UK plans to ban services exports to Russia, cutting them off from UK accountancy, management consultancy and PR services, which supply 10% of Russia’s imports from these sectors

Lexis®Library update: The Foreign Secretary has also announced 63 further sanctions which will impose asset freezes and travel bans on mainstream media entities and individuals associated with them. The enities include All Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting, InfoRos, SouthFront and the Strategic Culture Foundation and the individuals include journalists Evgeny Poddubny, Alexander Kots and Dmitry Steshin. There are now 1600 individuals and entities subject to UK sanctions.

The sanctions notice is accessible here.

For further information, see Practice Notes:

Conflict in Ukraine news & analysis—tracker

• Conflict in Ukraine—UK sanctions tracker

Source: Russia cut off from UK services

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