Poroshenko extended and expanded personal sanctions against the Russian Federation

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko extended for a year and expanded sanctions against Russian legal entities and individuals. The corresponding decree is published on the presidential website .

“To apply for a period of one year for individuals and legal entities in accordance with the application,” the President of Ukraine, who approved the decision of the National Security and Defense of Ukraine (National Security and Defense Council) on sanctions against Russian law enforcement agencies and representatives of judicial bodies involved in the case of Ukrainians convicted in the Russian Federation for terrorism Oleg Kolchenko, said on September 16.

The report on the National Security and Defense Council says that the sanctions list includes an additional 335 individuals and 167 legal entities, "identification data for which were subject to additional verification."

In addition, the SNBU press service said that Poroshenko instructed to prepare a decision on additional sanctions against State Duma deputies who took part in the State Duma elections in Crimea. “This applies to both deputies and members of election commissions,” the National Security and Defense Council specified.

Different types of anti -Russian sanctions, from the ban on entry into the country to the arrest of property, Kyiv introduced in September 2015. The sanctions list included 388 people and 105 companies. At the end of August 2016, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine extended the effect of sanctions, supplementing the list with new 250 individuals and 46 legal entities.

On September 16, Poroshenko announced the expansion of the sanctions list of Russian companies and individuals involved "in violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine" - enterprises of the Russian military -industrial complex and financial institutions supporting the self -proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and the DPR), as well as against marine and aviation transportation companies operating in working in Crimea.

On the same day, the National Security and Defense Council announced the imposition of sanctions against Russian law enforcement officers and judges, "responsible for the illegal persecution of citizens of Ukraine," in particular Sentsov, Kolchenko and other "unlawfully detained, convicted and still illegally held in Russia." The corresponding proposals for the input of sanctions on August 31, 2016 were introduced by the government, the Security Service and the National Bank of Ukraine.

The additions to the sanctions list included, in particular, law enforcement officers and judges who, according to Kyiv, are responsible for the illegal persecution of Sentsov and Kolchenko. In August 2015, Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years in a maximum security colony, and Kolchenko, recognized by his accomplice, received 10 years.

According to investigators, from April to May 2014, Oleg Sentsov, Alexander Kolchenko, Alexei Chirniy and Gennady Afanasyev set fire to the offices of the Russian Community of Crimea in Simferopol and the local branch of the United Russia party. The FSB claims that they were preparing to commit terrorist attacks on the night of May 9 last year of home -made explosive devices near the eternal flame and the monument to Lenin in Simferopol.

Human rights activists consider Kolchenko and Sentsov political prisoners and demand them "immediate and unconditional liberation" and "full rehabilitation". In May, Sentsov and Kolchenko prepared documents to transfer them for further serving a sentence in Ukraine, but the decision on them has not yet been made.