The United Kingdom imposed sanctions on eight Russian individuals and three organizations, accusing them of participating in the alleged forced relocation and ‘indoctrination’ of Ukrainian children.
The new measures target a network of officials and state-backed groups that London claims are central to a systematic campaign to move children from occupied Ukrainian territories to what British officials describe as ‘re-education camps’ inside Russia.
This sanctions target those supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to forcibly deport and indoctrinate Ukraine’s children and erase their Ukrainian cultural heritage.
These latest sanctions target the individuals and entities who support and carry out this insidious policy of attempting to erase Ukrainian culture. This includes organisations such as the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation which runs re-education programmes for Ukrainian children and teenagers, subjecting them to militaristic training. Aymani Nesievna Kadyrova, President of the Foundation, and mother of sanctioned Kremlin-aligned Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov has been sanctioned today as well.
Also sanctioned is Valery Maiorov, the Head of ‘Teenage Programs Center’, a state-funded organisation that aims to turn children in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories against Ukraine and instead become patriotic to Russia and Russian values.
Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy in the Field of Children’s Rights Protection in the Ministry of Education, Anastasia Pavlovna Akkuratova, was also sanctioned today for her role in the state-organised indoctrination and Russification of Ukrainian children.
Minister for the Armed Forces, Luke Pollard MP, said:
The UK is stepping up to take firm action against this disgraceful practice. Putin continues to demonstrate he is not serious about peace, launching some of the largest attacks against Ukraine since the start of the war in recent weeks, which is why it is vital we continue to work with our partners and allies to continue to apply pressure for him to negotiate.
We must continue to support Ukraine’s fight to defend the freedoms and values we closely share in the UK, putting them in strongest position on the battlefield and in any negotiations that follow.
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