The main achievement of the UK’s new sanctions package targeting Russia’s financial infrastructure is the personal “zeroing out” of leaders in the shadow cryptocurrency market.
This was reported by Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the President’s Representative on Sanctions Policy, in comments to Ukrinform.
“The UK’s new large-scale sanctions package dated May 26, 2026, is aimed at the financial infrastructure that Russia uses to circumvent restrictions and support foreign transactions, particularly through cryptocurrency,” he stated.
According to him, this move by London targets two key areas: cryptocurrency exchanges that assist the aggressor, and the so-called “A7 network”—“a large-scale…
