প্রকাশ: 01/03/2022
The European Union
(EU) has blacklisted 26 more Russian nationals, including presidential
press secretary Dmitry Peskov, and one legal entity, according to the
corresponding normative acts published in the EU Official Journal on Monday.
"In view of the gravity of the situation, the Council
considers that 26 persons and one entity should be added to the list of
persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in the
Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP," it reads.
Along with Peskov, the blacklist includes Igor Sechin,
executive director of Rosneft; Nikolay Tokarev, Transneft CEO; Alisher Usmanov,
founder and major shareholder of USM holding co; Pyotr Aven, chairman, board of
directors, Afta Bank; Mikhail Fridman, co-owner, Alfa Group; Sergey Roldugin,
cellist and businessman; Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister; Irek
Faizullin, Minister of Construction and Housing; Vitaly Savelyev, Minister of
Transport; Andrey Turchak, first deputy speaker of the Federation Council
(upper parliament house); Tigran Keosayan, film director; Olga Skabeyev,
journalist; Alexander Ponomarenko, chairms, board of directors, Sheremetyevo
airport; Modest Kolerov, editor-in-chief, Regnum news agency; Roman Babayan,
editor-in-chief, Govorit Moskva radio station; Zakhar Prilepin, writer and
co-leader of the Just Russia - For Truth party; Anton Krasovsky, journalists
and RT host; Arkady Mamontov, journalist and host on Rossiya-1 television
channel; Sergey Punchuk, first deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet; Alexey Avdeyev,
deputy commander, Southern Military District; Rustam Muradov, deputy commander,
Southern Military District; Andrey Sychevoy, commander, 8th army of the
Southern Military District; Gennady Timchenko, majority shareholder, Volga
Group investment company and holder of share in Rossiya bank; Alexey Mordashev,
chairman, board of directors, Severstal; and Pyotr Fradkov, Promsvyazbank
chairman.
They are banned from entering the European Union and their
assets in the EU countries, if any, will be frozen.
Apart from that, sanctions have been imposed on Gas Industry
Insurance Company SOGAZ.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address
on Thursday morning that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbass
republics he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation in
order to protect people "who have been suffering from abuse and genocide
by the Kiev regime for eight years." The Russian leader stressed that
Moscow had no plans of occupying Ukrainian territories.
When clarifying the unfolding developments, the Russian
Defense Ministry reassured that Russian troops are not targeting Ukrainian
cities, but are limited to surgically striking and incapacitating Ukrainian
military infrastructure. There are no threats whatsoever to the civilian
population.
Source: UNB/AP
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