London – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky repeated what his opponent Vladimir Putin has been doing since the start of the war in Ukraine and imposed economic and access sanctions on 119 well-known figures from the Russian sports and cultural world for “ acting as propagandists for Russia”.

The decree published on the official website of the Presidency of the Republic this Saturday (7) validates the list drawn up by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, which includes three Ukrainian citizens, all accused of being “propagandists of death”, as declared on Twitter by the journalist Mykhaylo Podolyak, adviser to Zelensky, citing “direct or indirect requests to kill, capture or rob in Ukraine”.

A total of 119 Russian “death propagandists” on the long sanctions list…
Why? Direct or indirect calls to kill, capture, steal in Ukraine…

— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) January 7, 2023

Among those affected by the measure are popular media personalities, such as TV presenter Zhanna Badoyeva, who started her career on Ukrainian TV and now works for Russian network Pervy Kanal, and the TV presenter Leonid Yakubovich, one of Russia’s best-known television and internet personalities, who publicly supported the invasion.

Another sanctioned is the mighty Margarita Simonyan, general director of RT (Russia Today), the main Russian state media, banned in many countries. The journalist is one of Vladimir Putin’s closest and most loyal supporters.

Dmitry Kiselev, director of the state media company Rossiya Segodnya, is also on the list.

With sanctions, assets held by individuals in Ukraine are blockeds, like any business transaction.

They are prohibited from obtaining a visa or entering the country if they have a valid visa. The decree also includes the cessation of cultural exchanges and cooperation and the revocation of the awards they received in Ukraine.

The sanctions are valid for 10 years, according to the Russian news agency Tass.

In times of war, sanctions from Putin, Zelensky and Western countries

The sanctions war has been going on since the start of the invasion, with actions by Western countries against Russian politicians, oligarchs and journalists countered by Vladimir Putin’s regime with measures similar to those adopted today by the Zelensky’s Ukraine targeting personalities from various countries and the state media of nations considered enemies.

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On December 7, the European Commission proposed a ninth package of sanctions against more than 200 individuals and companies and three Russian banks because invasion from Ukraine.

The measures include restrictions on the export of items”which can be used by the Russian military machine”, including essential chemicals, nerve substances, electronic and technological components, and also the blocking of information channels.

The list sanctioned by Ukraine this Saturday includes several artists such as singer and actress Iryna Allegrova, singers Roman Arkhipov, Dmytro Bilan, Serhiy Lazarev, Oleksandr Buynov, Victoria Daineko, Larisa Dolina, Valery Kipyelov Lolita Milyavska, opera Hanna Netrebko and director Mykyta. Mikhalkov.

Another target of the measure was football coach Anatoly Timoshuk, a former Ukrainian player who now manages FC Zenit in Saint Petersburg.

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