The United Kingdom announced sanctions on nine Russian persons and entities linked to chemical weapons.

UK Foreign Office announcement

The UK Foreign Office announced on 6 July 2026 sanctions targeting nine Russian persons and entities, according to reporting by the Associated Press attributed to an official UK government communication . The measure is presented as targeting persons and entities linked to the development of chemical weapons .

The announcement links this development to chemical weapons used against Alexei Navalny and in the Salisbury attack . The available source does not publish, in the excerpt reviewed, the list of the persons and entities concerned . Nor does it specify the legal form of the UK measure or the applicable listing instrument .

The available information establishes four documented elements: the authority announced, the date of the announcement, the number of persons and entities targeted, and the stated link to chemical weapons . The Foreign Office is identified as the authority that announced the measure, with no further detail in the excerpt on the department responsible for implementation or on publication in the UK sanctions register . The official UK government communication is cited as the basis for the announcement reported by the Associated Press .

The scope mentioned by the source is limited to Russian persons and entities . The excerpt does not distinguish the number of natural persons from the number of entities within the total of nine targets . It does not provide identifiers, addresses, functions, affiliated entities, dates of birth or individual listing references .

As at the date the file was compiled, the authorised source for this section did not contain a designation annex, a UK regulatory reference or a link to a detailed official notice . It did not provide information on any general licences, exemptions, entry-into-force periods or transitional measures .

Chemical weapons, Navalny and Salisbury

The UK Foreign Office announced on 6 July 2026 sanctions against Russian persons and entities, according to an Associated Press dispatch carried by Greenwich Time . The dispatch states that the regime targets nine Russian persons and entities . It attributes this information to an official announcement by the UK government .

The announcement presents the targeted persons and entities as linked to the development of chemical weapons . The available text does not reproduce the list of the sanctioned persons and entities . Nor does it specify the legal nature of each designation or the measures attached to each entry .

The factual scope mentioned in the announcement links these designations to two episodes cited by the source . The first concerns chemical weapons used against Alexei Navalny . The source does not provide a date for that episode in the available excerpt .

The second episode cited is the Salisbury attack . The dispatch does not set out, in the excerpt reviewed, the substances, laboratories, functions of the persons concerned or the operational links relied on by the UK government .

The available excerpt contains no reference to a UK legal instrument, a sanctions annex or a consolidated official publication .

List of names not reproduced in the file

The available excerpt states that the UK Foreign Office announced, on 6 July 2026, sanctions targeting nine Russian persons and entities presented as linked to the development of chemical weapons used against Alexei Navalny and in the Salisbury attack . The information is reported there by the Associated Press and attributed to an official announcement by the UK government .

The excerpt placed on file does not provide the names of the nine persons and entities targeted . It does not reproduce a list of names, the legal status of the designated persons, any address, administrative identifier, registration number or institutional affiliation . Nor does it specify the UK legal basis used for the listing .

No UK regulation number, annex or general licence is reproduced in the available excerpt . The excerpt does not mention any commodity code, customs code, threshold, value, volume, tariff heading or nomenclature reference . It does not contain any entry-into-force date distinct from the announcement date of 6 July 2026 .