Ukraine Introduces New Russia-Related Sanctions

The Decree of the President of Ukraine approving the Decision of the National Defence and Security Council of Ukraine "On introduction, repealing and amendment of special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions) of personal nature" was published on 14 May 2020. The Decree contains a list of sanctions against 377 individuals and 235 legal entities for a period of one to three years.

In accordance with the new sanctions lists, sanctions are continuing against the social networks "Odnoklassniki", "VKontakte" and Yandex search engine, first introduced in 2017. New sanctions are introduced against mass media, including STS, New Channel, regional Russian Radio stations and Crimean television and radio companies.