As the battle in his nation nears its twelfth month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday signed a decree greenlighting sanctions on 198 Russian cultural and media figures.
The decree on the web site of the Ukrainian Presidential Office says proposals made by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) launched sanctions on 198 cultural and media figures in Russia and will likely be carried out for a interval of 10 years.
“The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, together with the SBU and the National Bank of Ukraine, shall ensure the implementation and monitoring of the effectiveness of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions),” the decree mentioned.
The decree additionally instructed Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry to tell “competent authorities of the EU, the US, and other states about the application of sanctions and to raise with them the issue of introducing similar restrictive measures.”
Last week, Zelenskyy accredited related sanctions towards 119 Russian artists and figures.
Since the battle started final February, Russian cultural figures, entertainers, and others have come below hearth in the event that they declined to take a public stance towards the battle.
