মঙ্গলবার, ২৩শে এপ্রিল, ২০২৪ খ্রিস্টাব্দ ১০ই বৈশাখ, ১৪৩১ বঙ্গাব্দ

Zelensky slaps sanctions on 25 Russians

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AFP : Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky imposed sanctions against 25 Russian individuals, including relatives of a businessman and a senator, on Saturday, according to the decrees posted on Zelensky’s website, which enact the resolutions of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.

Forty people are added to the list, including 25 Russians (one of them also has citizenship of Saint Kitts and Nevis), eight Malians, four Swiss, two Iranians and one person with undetermined citizenship.

Among the sanctioned Russians are relatives of businessman Vladimir Potanin and members of Senator Suleyman Kerimov’s family.

The ten-year-long sanctions involve blocking assets, limiting trade transactions and transit of resources, banning participation in privatization in Ukraine, suspending economic and financial obligations, and stripping of Ukrainian decorations. The sanctions are imposed against Mali’s citizens until August 31, 2023.