Britain announced sanctions against Russian media and ideas outlets on Tuesday as the U.K’s top diplomat warned Western nations must raise their game to combat information warfare from “malign foreign states.” Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the U.K. was imposing sanctions on the microblogging Telegram channel Rybar, the Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad — described by Estonian intelligence as a front for the GRU spy agency — and the Center for Geopolitical Expertise, a think-tank run by far-right Russian writer Aleksandr Dugin. Two China-based firms also were sanctioned “for their vast and indiscriminate cyber activities against the U.K. and its allies,” Cooper said.Read More
UK sanctions Russian and Chinese firms suspected of being ‘malign actors’ in information warfare
