The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko informed that he has submitted to the Cabinet a list of sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities, and hopes that he will soon be adopted.

"Prepared me and on my behalf today sent to the Cabinet of Ministers, is expected, because This decision will be made in the near future, and aimed at the national security Council, the list of social, economic and other restrictive measures, sanctions applied by Ukraine to the Russian Federation. This all applies to both natural persons and legal entities ", - said the head in the process a press conference on the annual message to Parliament.

"This coordinated action of the President, the government and the national security Council. And among them here all who represented different countries on the so-called "fake referendum in Crimea, which violates the law of the visit to the Crimea by air and sea vessels", he added.

Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after the 16 March 2014 referendum in which the overwhelming majority of voters voted for reunification with Russia. In the capital of Russia notice that the referendum in Crimea complies with international law and the UN Charter.

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