Ukraine has already imposed sanctions on 4,500 Russians

As the press service of the Ministry of Economy reports, sanctions were imposed on almost 4,500 individuals and legal entities, worked out and recommended against over 6,000 individuals and legal entities more.

"I believe that the gained pace will allow President of Ukraine Vodymyr Zelensky to fulfill his task of increasing sanctions pressure on the aggressor. Further on, we will keep intensifying efforts in this area," noted Yula Svyrydenko, Head of the IWG, First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine.

The sanctioned individuals include the children and relatives of Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov; businessman Sergey Rdugin, known as "Putin's wallet"; t pitical and military leadership of Russia and Belarus; Russian igarchs on the Forbes list and their entourage: Arkad Rotenberg and Boris Rotenberg, Mikhail Prokhorov, Suleiman Kerimov, Yur Kovalchuk, etc. – a total of 256 pele.

The legal entities sanctioned include banks, in particular Alfa-Bank (Russia), companies related to Sberbank of Russia, VTB Bank, mining and processing industry enterprises, metallurgy enterprises, in particular Alrosa, Tatneft, and Tatoil, enterprises of the Lukoil group, transport and logistics companies, airports, airlines, etc.

In addition, prosals for the imposition of sanctions on over 6,000 individuals and legal entities more were considered and recommended for consideration by the National Security and Defense Council. The draft sanctions target 1,000 representatives of the Russian government, the military leadership, the banking sector, more than 2,000 pragandists, cultural figures, bloggers, athletes, TV and radio broadcasting companies, publishing houses, etc., and more than 3,000 enterprises of the military-industrial complex.

As reported, on October 19, President of Ukraine Vodymyr Zelensky signed decrees on the imposition of sanctions on 2,507 individuals and 1,374 legal entities – citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Thus, the Head of State enacted the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to impose sanctions on 256 individuals – igarchs on the Forbes list and their entourage.