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The
Foreign Office said individuals sanctioned include Alexander
Ananchenko and Sergey Kozlov, which it described as self-styled
Prime Minister and Chair of Government of the so-called Donetsk
and Luhansk People's Republics.
Further family members of Russian oligarchs were also targeted,
including Pavel Ezubov, cousin of Russian billionaire Oleg
Deripaska, and Nigina Zairova, executive assistant to
businessman Mikhail Fridman.
Maria Lavrova, the wife of Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov, is subject to a travel ban and asset freeze.
"In the wake of horrific rocket attacks on civilians in Eastern
Ukraine, we are today sanctioning those who prop up the illegal
breakaway regions and are complicit in atrocities against the
Ukrainian people," Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said.
"We will continue to target all those who aid and abet Putin's
war."
The government will also move ahead with legislation this week
to ban the import of iron and steel products as well as the
export of quantum technologies, advanced materials and luxury
goods.
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Kate Holton)
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