The UK Government has announced further trade sanctions against Russia – expanding the list of products facing import bans and increasing tariffs. With these new measures, the UK will now be imposing import tariffs and bans on over £1bn of Russian goods.

The new sanctions – announced today (Thursday, April 21) by International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak – will include import bans on silver, wood products and high-end products from Russia including caviar.

We will also increase tariffs by 35 percentage points on around £130m worth of products from Russia and Belarus, including diamonds and rubber.

The UK has led the international sanctions effort, already increasing tariffs on goods from Russia and Belarus, banning the import of many iron and steel products as well as the export of quantum technologies, advanced materials and luxury goods and cutting off any new UK Export Finance (UKEF) support for Russia and Belarus.  

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said:

The UK continues to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukraine and is working closely with our international partners to inflict maximum damage to Putin’s regime, reducing the resources and funds he needs to carry out this illegal war.

We are taking every opportunity we can to ratchet the pressure to isolate the Russian economy and these further measures will tighten the screws, shutting down lucrative avenues of funding for Putin’s war machine.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said:

We are steadfast in our support for the people of Ukraine and these new significant sanctions against Putin will bring the total import tariffs and bans on Russian goods to over £1 billion – imposing further economic pain on Putin’s economy for his barbaric and unjustified attacks on a sovereign nation.

A full list of products targeted is available online.

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As part of ongoing commemorations of the thirty years of official relations between UK and Turkmenistan, the British Embassy held a competition to devise a recipe for a biscuit that incorporated ingredients from both countries.

On 14 April at Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Party, British Ambassador, Ms Lucia Wilde, announced winner of the GREAT UK-Turkmenistan Bake Off competition – Ms Gulnabat Nepesova. Gulnabat’s recipe combined British favourites like carrot, cinnamon and oats, with Turkmen favourites like apricot and raisins. Her winning biscuits were given to all of the guests to take home with them to enjoy along with a cup of British tea!

We received almost two hundred pictures that were of an incredibly high standard and that really challenged the judges to select the ultimate winners.

On the evening of 14 April, during the celebration of Her Majesty’s birthday, British Ambassador Lucia Wilde presented prizes of tablet computers to the three lucky winners.

8-year old Damir made a picture that shows a future planet powered by solar and wind and where recycling is king!

Arina painted a picture that showed humour and creativity with the people of the world rolling a carpet of grass over a polluted landscape.

Olga painted with great technical skill and showed how green homes, farms and offices could co-exist.

The winning pictures and a small selection of others were on display at Her Majesty’s Birthday Party on 14 April. We look forward to displaying the pictures at other Embassy events throughout the year as we continue to commemorate the rich 30 years of UK’s relationship with Turkmenistan.