The United Kingdom prohibits imports from Russia valued at more than 1,000 million euros

The United Kingdom Department of International Trade has reported this Thursday that the Government has prohibited imports of wood, silver and caviar from Russia and valued at 1,000 million pounds (about 1,200 million euros). The new sanctions have been announced by the Minister of International Trade, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, and the Minister of Finance, Rishi Sunak. According to a statement, the measures increase tariffs by 35 percent on products valued at 130 million pounds (about 156 million euros) from Russia and Belarus, including diamonds. Trevelian has stated that the UK "continues to work shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and its international partners to inflict as much damage as possible on the regime of (Vladimir) Putin and reduce their funds to carry out this illegal war." "We are taking advantage of all possible opportunities to pressure and isolate the Russian economy," he said, while Sunak reaffirmed "the strength" of the United Kingdom when it comes to "supporting ...