Russia sanctions UK foreign minister and chief of staff 

James Cleverley and Chief of Staff Patrick Sanders are also included in the list of personal sanctions imposed by Russia against Great Britain, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said, Report informs.

According to her, in January of this year, it was decided to include a number of members of the government, law enforcement agencies, and representatives of the journalistic corps of Great Britain in Russia's "stop list" due to the continuation of the anti-Russian course of this country.

Zakharova noted that the list includes Foreign Minister James Cleverly, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden, Chief of General Staff Patrick Sanders, and representatives of the Strategic Command and the National Cyber Security Centre of the Armed Forces.