KIEV, September 16 /TASS/. Ukraine has included three TASS correspondents and one RIA Novosti journalist in its sanctions list, the official website of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reported on Wednesday.

The TASS correspondents include Andrey Shitov (Washington), Alexander Nechayev, the head of TASS bureau in South Africa; and Alexander Surzhansky, an employee of the agency’s department for European countries.

Alyona Palazhchenko, a RIA Novosti correspondent in Turkey, was put on Ukraine’s blacklist along with Dmitry Kiselyov, the director general of the Rossiya Segodnya media holding.