Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed two decrees on the implementation of decisions by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine regarding the application of personal special economic and other restrictive measures, his press service reported.
“Russia is trying to drag out the war, expanding its attempts to justify its aggression and ‘normalize’ the occupation of Ukrainian territories. Russia has also recently made a demonstrative political decision to impose ‘sanctions’ against Ukrainian officials, in particular against the Prime Minister of Ukraine. Such behaviour by Russia deserves much greater pressure from the world and an expansion of the scope of this pressure,” the president said.
The first decree introduces sanctions against eight individuals who are participants in crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians, have appropriated property in the agricultural sector, grain crops, cultural heritage sites, conduct information operations against our state, and implement Russian educational standards with anti-Ukrainian narratives in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
From now on, Russian officials, an FSB agent involved in information sabotage, a representative of the Russian General Staff’s information management department, as well as Kirill Dmitriev, a financier close to the Russian president who is involved in attracting Russian investments to key sectors of foreign economies, and individuals who justify the Russian Federation’s armed aggression are subject to sanctions.
The head of state stressed that Ukraine will submit our proposals for new sanctions to the relevant partners.
The second decree introduces sanctions against five legal entities – Russian publishing houses that work to justify aggression, spread Russian propaganda around the world, and instill anti-Ukrainian sentiments in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions.
“We will work to ensure that these publishers cannot participate in international book fairs and that their products are removed from online sales platforms around the world,” said Vladislav Vlasyuk, the president’s adviser on sanctions policy.
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