The Russian embassy accused the government of “hypocrisy” and giving “lip service” whilst interfering with their affairs.
This comes after the British government have sanction six chiefs from the “Polar Wolf” penal colony near to the Arctic Circle over the mysterious death of Alexie Navalny, calling it “trademark UK hypocrisy.”
The Russian embassy said the British government are paying “lip service to the principle of sovereignty” by intervening in Russia’s affairs.
The embassy wrote on X, “Bluntly intervening into Russia’s internal affairs while paying lip service to the principle of sovereignty is trademark UK government hypocrisy.
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“In the meantime, Russian citizens are being killed with British ordnance and missiles supplied to the failing Kiev regime.”
Russia has previously accused the Ukraine of targeting Ukrainian cities with the Storm Shadow missiles.
The British Foreign Office sanctioned bosses of “Polar Wolf2 penal colony following the death of Navalny last Friday.
The UK is the first country to impose sanctions on the penal colony based near to the Arctic Circle and six people are affected by the move.
The six people slapped with sanctions will have their assets frozen and will now be banned from entering into the UK.
The Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron said on Wednesday, “It’s clear that the Russian authorities saw Navalny as a threat and they tried repeatedly to silence him.
“Those responsible for Navalny’s brutal treatment should be under no illusion – we will hold them accountable.”
The government has called for Navalny’s body to be released to his family, on Monday the European Union demanded for a independent international investigation into the death of Navalny.
The Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has dismiss the EU’s call flowing the suspicious death of Valdimir Putin’s main political opponent, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported.
It has been said that Navalny was murdered under the orders of Putin at the maximum security prison in the town of Kharp which is near to the Arctic Circle.
