LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Russia’s embassy in London on
Tuesday said Britain had attempted to interfere in its domestic
affairs by imposing sanctions on Russian judges and officials
involved in the trial of Russian opposition politician Vladimir
Kara-Murza.
«We regard the British authorities’ recent decision to
impose restrictive measures against six Russian nationals as an
inadmissible attempt to interfere in the domestic affairs of
Russia,» the Russian Embassy said in a post on the social
platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Britain said on Monday it had imposed asset freezes and
travel bans on six figures, including three judges, for what it
called their part in a «politically motivated targeting» of
Kara-Murza after he lost an appeal against his 25-year jail
sentence.
Kara-Murza, who holds Russian and British citizenship, is
prominent opposition figures who stayed in Russia and continued
to speak out against President Vladimir Putin .
(Reporting by Farouq Suleiman; editing by William James)
