on the openness, Igor Shuvalov told journalists at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Since Russia launched the invasion on Feb.... There have been growing calls for Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea soccer club, and others to be included in sanctions.... But the government has said it must have a solid legal case that their finances are linked to Putin's administration before sanctioning any individuals. Abramovich's spokeswoman declined immediate comment on a Times report on Thursday that he was not facing imminent sanctions....

Shuvalov on Thursday evening after the move was signed off by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the PA news

, including then-Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Chechnya’s strongman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, of

former Russian deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov, as part of the international reaction to the

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Transneft transports Russian oil through pipelines and is one of Russia’s most important state-owned companies.... He is the owner of a complex of buildings on the Black Sea known as" Putin’s Palace" and has a stake in a construction contractor Mostotrest.... They have benefited from billion-dollar contracts with Gazprom and the Sochi Winter Olympics, and were responsible for constructing a bridge linking Crimea to Russia following its annexation in 2014....

The Queen has joined the cultural boycott of Russia by withholding swords destined for Moscow. The Royal Collection had agreed to loan three 17th-century weapons to the Kremlin Museums for an exhibition about duelling, according to The Guardian. Alisher Usmanov, the Russian oligarch, who has been sanctioned following the war in Ukraine, was a sponsor of the event titled The Duel: from Trial by Combat to a Noble Crime. However, permission for the swords to be used in the exhibition was withdrawn

He could not be reached immediately for comment.... Thousands of people have been detained for protesting against Russia's Feb.... 24 invasion of Ukraine, which officials in Moscow describe as a" special military operation" to demilitarise and" de-nazify" its former Soviet neighbour....

He’s a person of interest to the Home Office because of his links to the Russian state and his public association with corrupt activity and practices.“ Last week, the prime minister said Abramovich is facing sanctions.... He later corrected the record to say that he isn’t.... ” In response, Mr Johnson said it was not “ appropriate ” for him to comment on individual cases, but insisted the actions taken by the UK are already “ having an effect in Moscow ”....