Russian oligarchs with links to Kremlin face UK ban under new sanctions

The Home Office said “elites” linked to the Russian state can now be prevented from entering the UK under the new sanctions.

Those who could be banned include anyone who provides “significant support” to the Kremlin, those who owe their “significant status or wealth” to the Russian state, and those “who enjoy access to the highest levels” of the regime.

The announcement has been timed to coincide with the three-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Another set of sanctions is expected from the Foreign Office on Monday.

Speaking remotely to a conference in Kyiv, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said “we must keep dialling up the economic pressure to get Putin to a point where he is ready not just to talk, but to make concessions”.