Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Imposes New Sanctions on Russia

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) imposed new sanctions against Russian companies and individuals on May 2, for aggression against Ukraine, the council’s press service reported.

Sanctions are introduced on the initiative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Security Service, and the National Bank, for three years, or indefinitely against individuals and legal entities, that are involved in Russian aggression against Ukraine, in preparing for and conducting illegal voting in occupied Crimea, as part of the Russian presidential election, against representatives of the Russian occupation administration in Crimea and militants of Russian armed groups in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the NSDC said in a statement.

“Also, sanctions were imposed on persons who are involved in information and cyber attacks against our country, in unlawful actions against Ukrainian citizens which are illegally detained in Russia, on members of the State Duma and members of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, etc. In addition, the sanctions applied in previous years were extended,” the statement continued.

The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia.

The sanctions imposed in previous years have been extended, the NSDC added.

Earlier, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Russia in September 2015. Sanctions concern over 350 entities, Russian and Ukrainian citizens, the representatives of self-proclaimed republics in Donbas, and the citizens of foreign states. Sanctions freeze assets, impose restrictions on using personal property, prevent capital export from Ukraine, and restrict visas.