Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian officials

According to the decree, the sanctions applies to the highest leadership of Russia such as President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers, as well as other officials of the Russian Federation. Russia.

Ukraine also includes more than half of Russian universities and heads of higher education institutions punishment list.

Measures punish Russia New restrictions include asset freezes, restrictions on commercial activities and prevention of asset withdrawals from Ukraine… applied indefinitely.

The Ordinance takes effect from the date of publication.

According to analysts, this shows that Ukraine is still not ready to make concessions. This will complicate the possibility of resumption of negotiations with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: Reuters)

However, analysts also said that President Zelensky’s decree “does not completely collapse the negotiations, but negotiations can take place in the form of phone calls, or face-to-face meetings on the Internet. neutral territory, such as in Turkey”.

Russia has not yet commented on Ukraine’s move. According to observers, it is highly likely that Moscow will respond to Kiev’s move in a “reciprocal” way, which means it will impose the same order on Mr. Zelensky.

In the first weeks after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, President Zelensky called for a face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart. However, this idea has so far not been implemented as Moscow believes that all presidential meetings can only take place after lower-level negotiations have been successful.

This is not the first time that Putin and senior Russian officials have been placed on another country’s sanctions list. The US and Europe have announced travel restrictions, frozen the Russian leader’s assets and continuously added to the list of people believed to be close to Mr. Putin.

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