Russia Announces Expanded List of Ukrainians Subject to Sanctions
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced on Tuesday the addition of more than 200 people and organizations in Ukraine subjected to sanctions in this country, amid a deep bilateral dispute. Previously, Medvedev had advanced his intentions to extend the restrictions against the neighboring state, because of the tension in the relations, mainly, after the coup d'etat of the right in Kiev, in February of 2014.
Moscow rejected that action of illegal change of power, supported the Crimean sovereignty of Ukraine and its return to Russian jurisdiction, as well as the cause of the rebel population in the Donbas, which also demanded to keep Russian as the official second language.
Russia had previously announced sanctions against 322 personalities and 68 companies, but the final version is smaller, said the capital television.
The restrictions include the freezing of bank accounts of the people affected by that measure and a ban to repatriate their financial resources to Ukraine.
Kiev, despite initiating a punishment operation against the rebel regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in April 2014 under the banner of anti-terrorism, accuses Russia of using its regular troops in the conflict for what it considers as an aggressor country.
Based on the assertion that Russia is an invading country, the Ukrainian government tries to justify its warlike actions against the civilian population.
The team of President Petro Poroshenko also used the aforementioned argument to justify the interference of the state to create an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church, separate from the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia.
In addition, Kiev created a provocation in the Black Sea and near the Kerch Strait, to then decree martial law in at least 10 regions, mostly bordering Russia, where it performs maneuvers and concentrates troops, accompanied by heavy weapons.
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