Ukraine has positioned dozens of Russian artists and different public figures on a sanctions listing, together with boldfaced names from the world of opera, movie and pop music.
One of the best-known names within the decree printed on Saturday by the Office of the president of Ukraine is that of Vienna-based opera singer Anna Netrebko, who has come beneath fireplace for being too near the Kremlin and too uncritical of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Netrebko and 118 different folks – together with three Ukrainian nationals – can have any property in Ukraine frozen. The sanctions listing additionally consists of Russian pop star Philipp Kirkorov and actor and director Nikita Mikhalkov, winner of awards from movie festivals similar to Cannes and Venice.
Ukrainian media additionally reported that President Volodymyr Zelensky revoked the citizenship of 13 clergy members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the finish of December. It was not initially recognized precisely who the people had been.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has historically had shut ties with Russia and solely broke away fully from Moscow after the Russian invasion started final February. The management in Kiev sees the church’s hyperlinks to Russia as a menace to the nation’s safety.
