On Monday, the UK imposed sanctions on two Russian citizens and one Russian organization under its chemical weapons sanctions regime, marking another attempt to punish Moscow for the war in Ukraine, writes Reuters.
The British government stated that it imposed asset freezes and travel bans on the commander of the Russian Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Protection troops, Alexei Rtishchev, and his deputy, Andrei Marchenko, for their role in the transfer and use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
The joint-stock company «Federal Scientific-Production Center Research Institute of Applied Chemistry» was also sanctioned for supplying the Russian military with RG-Vo grenades for riot control. According to the British government, these grenades were used in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention as a means of warfare against Ukraine.