By KYIV. Jan 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday signed a decree on the implementation of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) on the application of personal sanctions against 198 Russian propagandists and talk show participants on Russian channels, as well as other figures in the media sphere of the Russian Federation.
Relevant document No. 23/2023 was published on the website of the head of state.
"To put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine dated January 15, 2023 on applying and amending personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)," the decree says.
The decision of the National Security and Defense Council is attached to the decree, it contains a list of 198 figures of Russian culture and the media sphere, against whom personal sanctions are imposed.
Among others, the list includes Russian blogger, translator and publicist Dmitry Puchkov (Goblin), politician Sergey Stankevich, general producer of the Russian propaganda TV channel Zvezda Boris Yanovsky, TV presenter Yana Rudkovskaya, actor and TV presenter Boris Korchevnikov, Russian music critic and journalist Sergey Sosedov, sociologist Yevgeny Kopatko, political scientist Rostislav Ishchenko, Rodion Miroshnik, publicist and propagandist Vladimir Kornilov, sports journalist Dmitry Guberniev, director Andrei Konchalovsky and other propagandists of Russian central television channels, as well as the so-called Russian "war reporters."
The list also includes a former Ukrainian TV presenter, now shooting propaganda videos for Russian television in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, Diana Panchenko
A full package of personal sanctions for a period of 10 years is introduced against persons included in the specified list.
"This decree comes into force on the day of its publication," the document signed by the president says.
