Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev signed a government decree introducing special economic measures against 322 Ukrainian citizens and 68 companies. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation.
"Special economic measures are introduced in relation to individuals and legal entities of Ukraine, which include freezing non-cash funds, non-documentary securities and property in Russia and banning transfer of funds (withdrawal of capital) outside Russia. Sanctions will be extended to 322 individuals and 68 legal entities", - the report said.
These restrictions also are also being imposed on judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 8th convocation, major Ukrainian businessmen, officials of the presidential administration of Ukraine, heads of executive authorities and large Ukrainian companies, as well as legal entities controlled by Ukraine's top businessmen, the report of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation said.
In particular, the decree of Russian government includes the names of Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov, the SBU head Vasyl Grytsak, head of the military prosecutor's office of Ukraine Anatolii Matios, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, deputy head of the National Police of Ukraine Vyacheslav Abroskin; people's deputies of the Verkhivna Rada: Boryslav Bereza, Oksana Bilozir, Olexiy Poroshenko, Olga Bogomolets, Anton Herashchenko, leader the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party Yulia Tymoshenko, Serhiy Leshchenko and others.