Zelenskyy has imposed new sanctions against Russia
11 October 19:04
On Saturday, October 11, Ukraine introduced new anti-Russian sanctions. The restrictions include individuals and companies involved in supporting the Russian military machine and circumventing sanctions.
This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports citing his Telegram.
“Today we have synchronized sanctions with Japan – I signed the relevant decree. The list of sanctions includes executives and companies that provide profits to the Russian military machine, supply weapons, critical components, and equipment,” the report says.
Meanwhile, the president’s website states that 8 individuals and 14 legal entities have been sanctioned. Among them:
- pavel Marinichev, CEO of Alrosa, whose company provides the Russian budget with profits from diamond mining;
- director of the Tula Cartridge Plant Sergey Lukin;
- a representative of the North Korean company KOMID, Kim Yong-hyok, who is involved in the supply of weapons to Russia.
In addition, sanctions were imposed on Russian defense companies, including Stout and the Center for Innovative Technologies and Engineering, which supply electronic components, equipment, and communication systems to the Russian army.
The sanctions also targeted the private military company Convoy, which was established in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and is financed by Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg and the sanctioned VTB bank.
It is known that the Convoy PMC was established in the fall of 2022 in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Officially, Convoy is not subordinate to regular units of the Russian Armed Forces and has its own area of responsibility and management structure. In 2023, there was information that the PMC was operating in the Kherson direction after initially defending Russian logistics lines on the Melitopol-Dzhankoi highway.
Returning to Zelenskyy’s post, he noted that the sanctions against Russia that were imposed during the war have become a global form of interaction that restores the real power of justice.
“And Russia is feeling the effects of the world’s sanctions, and there will be even more pressure for this war,” the president wrote.
He informed that since June this year, Ukraine has already adopted eight sanctions packages for our jurisdiction. In particular, sanctions with the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan and all EU sanctions packages have been synchronized.
“In total, 281 individuals and 633 legal entities are sanctioned, and these are important people. We are also working to ensure that there are new sanctions steps, in particular, we are counting on the 19th EU sanctions package,” the head of state added.
As a reminder, on October 11, Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump. The American leader promised to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense.
