EU extends penalties against three people from the surrounding Yanukovych

Vladimir Dobrovolsky. The European Union has extended the penalties against three people from the entourage of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, which the EU considers to be involved in the theft of public funds, according to a communiqu? of the Council of the EU.

in March 2015, the European Union extended the penalties enacted one year before, about 18 persons, among them very Yanukovych, His two sons and several confidants. Besides punishment against Yanukovych and another 13 people were raised for a year, and the restrictive Measures against the four members up to the 6th June 2015.

"due to the EU sanctions relating to illegal misappropriation of Ukrainian state funds, the Council decided on 5 June to extend the asset freezes 3 out of 4 people, Measures which are valid until 6 June 2015. Measures increased for 9 months about 2 and about four months of the 3rd person involved ", - the document says.

so, now on the sanctions list against those close to Yanukovych appear 17 people.

The list of persons against which were extended punishment, will be placed in the published journal of the EU on the first day of the weekend. However, it is known that prior to June 6, acted punishment relative to the former Minister of justice Olena Lukash, entrepreneur Sergei Klyuyev, former Minister of education and science Dmitry Tabachnik and youngest son of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych.

in March there were messages about the fact that the son of Viktor Yanukovych drowned on lake Baikal and is buried in the Crimea. His brother Alexander on 24 March confirmed that Viktor Yanukovych Jr. is buried on the Peninsula.


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