Elena Yakovleva was banned from entering Ukraine

Russian actress Elena Yakovleva was banned from entering Ukraine for three years. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine with reference to the Ukrainian border service.

According to the agency, Yakovleva was denied entry due to her visits to Crimea in 2015-2016 “bypassing official checkpoints”, that is, through Russia.

Yakovleva was traveling to Kharkiv along with other actors from the play "Territory of Love", which was to be played on May 24 at the Kharkiv National Opera and Ballet Theater, and on May 25 in Kiev.

The Kharkiv edition of "GH" reports with reference to the actress that she was not allowed "together with the entire troupe." The performance was cancelled .

Yakovleva told RBC that she was “not aware” of the adoption in Ukraine of a law on sanctions for visiting Crimea through Russia. “I went to my parents, brother and other relatives who live in Kharkiv,” she said.

• Ukrainian legislation prohibits entry into Crimea from the territory of the Russian Federation. Due to visiting the peninsula, in particular, the Russian participant of Eurovision-2017 Yulia Samoilova fell under sanctions and could not come to the contest.
• After the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the start of the conflict in Donbass, Ukraine banned the entry of several dozen Russian musicians and actors, including Iosif Kobzon, Mikhail Boyarsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergei Bezrukov, Oleg Gazmanov, Sergei Penkin, Mikhail Porechenkov, rapper Guf and singer Kristina Si .