The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko approved the decision of the Council of national security and defense for additional personal sanctions against Russia. The corresponding decree is published on the Internet representation of the head of the country.

He begins to act from the date of promulgation in the official media.

Under penalties hit Russian companies, businessmen, politicians, elected officials and employees of law enforcement bodies which, as claimed in Kiev, as if he were involved in the incident in the Kerch Strait took part in the construction of Crimean bridge and likewise the conduct of elections in the breakaway republics of Donbass. Blacklist also joined those who consider the Ukrainian authorities guilty in violation of the laws on entry into the Crimea, the distribution of "publications of anti-Ukrainian content" and " illegal taking of the Museum's Collection ", which in Kiev called belongs to Ukraine.

"besides, punishment is used to the heads of Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and deputies of the State Duma. NSDC has also introduced restrictive events in a separate physical and legal entities for which are applied the punishment of the EU, USA and Canada ", - said the press service of the NSDC.

Just sanctions list are 848 people and 294 of the legal entity.

last week, the anti-Russian punishment of the expanded EU, USA and Canada. The reason for this was the incident in the Kerch Strait.

Sanctions list the EU has extended for 8 people, American for six people and eight organizations. Among those Under the punishment - Deputy head of the Russian border service Gennady Medvedev, head of the border guard of the FSB in the Crimea and Sevastopol Sergey Stankevich, the commander of the southern military district Alexander Janitors, Employees of the Crimean border Department of the Federal Security Service, commanders of vessels of the border service.

in the canadian list of fifteen organizations and 114 people - and Among them the representative of the President in southern Federal district Vladimir Ustinov, the former head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin, Director of Regardie Viktor Zolotov, assistant to the President Andrey Fursenko, the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov, the Governor of Tula region Alexey Dyumin and entrepreneur Igor Rotenberg.

On the morning of 25 November, 3 Ukrainian ship violated the state border of Russia and a couple of hours maneuvered in a dangerous manner, not responding to the legitimate demands of the Russian border guards. In the end, the guards tied the ships. The interior was 24 military, and Among them two employees of the SBU. All of them were arrested on charges of illegal crossing of the State border.

leader Vladimir Putin called the incident in the Kerch Strait in advance prepared provocation that took Petro Poroshenko in the early presidential elections due to its low rating. The head of state paid attention that the border guards performed the duty for the protection of the State border.



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