Russian Ambassador Summoned as UK Imposes New Sanctions on Moscow

Undated file photo of the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office in London. PA Media

Britain has ramped up sanctions against Russia, with new measures targeting vulnerable sectors of the economy, in response to President Vladimir Putin’s “illegal” annexation of parts of Ukraine.

The Russian ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin, was summoned to the Foreign Office to be told of the UK’s objections to the Kremlin’s actions “in the strongest possible terms.”