BRUSSELS, April 29. /ITAR-TASS/. The official journal of the European Union has published the names of 10 Russian officials and five representatives of Ukraine’s south-east resistance, against whom have been applied sanctions constituting in ban of entry in EU territory and assets freezing (if any) in member states.
In particular, the list includes:
- Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak;
- Permanent Presidential Representative in Crimea Oleg Belaventsev;
- Vice-Speaker of the State Duma Lyudmila Shvetsova;
- Head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov;
- Head of Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff Igor Sergun;
- Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Neverov;
- Minister for Crimean Affairs Oleg Savelyev;
- Sevastopol Governor Sergei Menyailo;
- Senator of Crimean executive authority Olga Kovitidi;
- Main Intelligence Directorate employee Igor Strelkov.
In addition, sanctions were imposed on leaders of self-defense forces in Ukraine’s south-east German Prokopyev and Valery Bolotov, head of Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Sergei Purgin, as well as DPR leadership representatives Denis Pushilin and Sergei Tsyplakov.
The updated list comes into effect since Tuesday. The overall number of people included in EU black list has reached 48 people. All of them are banned entry to EU states until November, and their bank assets will be frozen if there are found any in European banks.
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