Russia places all British Abroad Territories on ‘unfriendly’ listing

Russia has added 11 British Abroad Territories, together with Bermuda, to its listing of unfriendly nations, in keeping with Russian information company Tass.

This follows Britain’s transfer to impose financial sanctions on Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine in February.

There was no fast response to the report from the Bermuda authorities or Governor Rena Lalgie, who represents the British monarch on the island.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused nations and territories on the listing of taking “unfriendly actions” towards his authorities.

Initially, the listing included solely three British-controlled territories – Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, and Gibraltar.

The 11 new additions are Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, the Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“Thus, all 14 British Abroad Territories are actually included within the unfriendly nations listing,” a Kremlin spokesman stated.

There are actually greater than 60 nations and territories on the listing, together with the US, Canada, and all European Union nations.

In March the Authorities of Bermuda indicated that it’ll comply with the UK’s sanctions towards Russia. Bermuda being an Abroad Territory of the UK implements its home sanctions laws, which follows the UK sanctions mannequin carefully.

Bermuda suspended certification of all Russian-operated plane registered on the island due to worldwide sanctions over the struggle in Ukraine. The transfer was anticipated to have an effect on greater than 700 planes.

Producers additionally stopped offering elements to Russian airways as a part of the sanctions. Because of this, the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority stated it was unable to confidently approve the planes as airworthy.

In retaliation, Russia eliminated the island because the airworthiness authority, leading to a tug-of-war over plane supervision.

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