President enacts decision of National Security and Defense Council on personal sanctions

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the imposition of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions) dated April 28, 2017.

The corresponding decree was published on the website of the Head of State on May 15.

"In accordance with Article 107 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I hereby resolve: to put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine “On the Imposition of Personal Special Economic and Other Restrictive Measures (Sanctions)” dated April 28, 2017, "the document says.

A list of 1,228 individuals and 468 legal entities under sanctions was also published.

In accordance with the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the restrictive measures prohibit the Internet providers from providing services for access to social networks VKontakte (www.vk.com), Odnoklassniki (www.ok.ru), Mail.ru (www.mail.ru) email provider, Yandex portal, Kaspersky and Doctor Web anti-virus providers.

The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the decision.

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