President Volodymyr Zelenskyi signed a decree implementing the decision of the National Security and Defense Council.
On Saturday, January 7, Ukraine introduced new sanctions against a number of artists of the Russian Federation for a period of 10 years.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyi signed a decree implementing the decision of the National Security and Defense Council. This was reported by the press service of the President’s Office.
According to the document, sanctioned persons will have their Ukrainian assets blocked. In addition, trade operations with them will be stopped, all licenses or permits will be canceled, securities transactions and the transfer of copyrights will be prohibited.
Actors and presenters
- actor and comedian Mykhailo Galustyan;
- humorist Yevhen Petrosyan;
- TV presenter Zhanna Badoeva (ex-wife of director Alan Badoeva and co-host of the program “Eagle and Tails”);
- TV presenter Dana Borisova;
- TV presenter Leonid Yakubovych.
Singers and musicians
- rapper Basta (Vasyl Vakulenko);
- rapper and producer Vlad Topalov;
- jazzman Ihor Butman;
- singer Volodymyr Presnyakov;
- singer Iryna Allegrova;
- singer Dmytro Bilan;
- singer Larisa Dolina;
- singer Philip Kirkorov;
- singer Serhii Lazarev;
- singer Oleksandr Buynov;
- singer Valery Didyula;
- singer Valery Kipelov, ex-vocalist of the band “Aria”;
- singer Polina Gagarina;
- singer Rodion Gazmanov;
- singer Hryhoriy Leps;
- singer Lolita Milyavska (recorded abstract videos about the world, called the war a “special operation” and did not condemn the invasion of Ukraine);
- singer Hanna Netrebko (after the invasion, she made contradictory statements for and against Ukraine, as a result of which she lost contracts in the West and in the Russian Federation);
- singer Viktor Rybin, vocalist of the band “Dune”;
- singer Yulia Savicheva;
- singer Hanna Semenovych;
- singer Pelagia;
- singer Oleksandr Sklyar;
- singer Lyubov Uspenska;
- singer Mykhailo Shufutynskyi;
- producer Yosyp Prigozhin.
Propagandists
- propagandist Dmytro Kiselyov;
- propagandist and ideologue Oleksandr Dugin;
- propagandist Fedir Lukyanov;
- propagandist Khrystyna Potupchyk;
- propagandist Oleksandr Prokhanov;
- propagandist Yevhen Satanovsky;
- head of RT Margarita Simonyan.
Actors and other celebrities
- actor Viktor Dobronravov;
- actor Dmytro Dyuzhev;
- actor Dmytro Kharatyan;
- actor Viktor Sukhorukov;
- actor Serhiy Zhigunov;
- director Nikita Mikhalkov (in Russian show business, they say that he communicated directly with Putin. Currently, the director is in intensive care);
- choreographer Alla Dukhova;
- designer and blogger Artemiy Lebedev;
- ex-football player of the Ukrainian national team Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (ex-captain of FC “Shakhtar”, after February 24 he stayed in “Zenit” St. Petersburg).
Sanctions against Russia
On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In this regard, many sanctions were introduced against the aggressor.
The latest package of sanctions against Russia, now the eighth, was approved by the EU at the beginning of October. Europeans are currently working on the ninth package of restrictions. On December 5, 2022, EU oil sanctions against Russia came into effect.
Last year, the SBU conducted searches in the churches of the UOC MP. As a result, priests with Russian passports, cash, Russian propaganda literature and much more were discovered. In this connection, Zelensky suspended the citizenship of some priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. According to the mass media, it is about 13 clergymen.
