@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@ - +Britain today cut off Russia's access to UK [https://de.bab.la/woerterbuch/englisch-deutsch/accountancy%20firms accountancy firms] and sanctioned those behind Vladimir 's disinformation campaign.<br>In the latest punitive action against Moscow, as Russia's brutal assault on Ukraine entered a 70th day, Liz Truss announced a ban on UK services exports to Russia.<br>It means Russian businesses can no longer benefit from Britain's accountancy, management consultancy, or PR services.<br>These are estimated to account for 10 per cent of Russian imports in these sectors.<br>Ms Truss said: 'Doing business with Putin's regime is morally bankrupt and helps fund a war machine that is causing untold suffering across Ukraine.<br>'Cutting Russia's access to British services will put more pressure on the Kremlin and ultimately help [https://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=ensure%20Putin ensure Putin] fails in Ukraine.' <br>The Foreign Secretary also took the number of UK sanctions against individuals and organisations to above 1,600 as she unveiled a slew of new [https://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=asset%20freezes asset freezes] and travel bans.<br>Many of the 63 new sanctions unveiled today have been targeted at Russian media organisations.<br>It follows this week's publication of UK-funded research that exposed the Kremlin troll factory behind Russia's large-scale disinformation campaign.<br> Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has taken the number of UK sanctions against individuals and organisations to above 1,600 as she unveiled a slew of new asset freezes and travel bans<br> The latest [https://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=punitive%20action punitive action] against Moscow comes as Vladimir Putin's brutal assault on Ukraine entered a 70th day<br> Many of the 63 new sanctions announced by the UK today have been targeted at Russian media organisations behind the Kremlin's disinformation campaign<br> RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The Government said the action was being bolstered by new legislation that compels social media and internet companies to block content from RT and Sputnik.<br>The media outlets are known as two of Russia's major sources of disinformation.<br>Chris Philp, the minister for tech and digital economy, said: 'For too long [https://www.rtnewstoday.com/ RT News Today] and Sputnik have churned out dangerous nonsense dressed up as serious news to justify Putin's invasion of Ukraine.<br>'These outlets have already been booted off the airwaves in Britain and we've barred anyone from doing business with them.<br>'Now we've moved to pull the plug on their websites, social media accounts and apps to further stop the spread of their lies.'<br>Individuals at Channel One, a major state-owned media outlet in Russia that has justified the Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a 'special military operation', are among those sanctioned today.<br>Punitive measures have also been taken against prominent Russian journalists and war correspondents, the state-owned All‑Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting company,  the InfoRos news aganecy, the [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=SouthFront%20disinformation SouthFront disinformation] website, and the Strategic Culture Foundation online journal.