President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree imposing sanctions against 200 individuals. The list, in particular, included Yuri Ushakov, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation for Foreign Policy and a member of the Supervisory Board of Rosatom, Larisa Brycheva, Assistant to the President – Head of the State Legal Department, and Renat Karchaa, Advisor to the Head of Rosatom, follows from a document published on the website office of Mr. Zelensky.
In addition, sanctions have been imposed against the former chief of staff of the Military-Industrial Commission, Igor Borovkov, as well as employees of Rosatom and its subsidiaries. 199 individuals from the sanctions list are citizens of Russia, one is a citizen of Ukraine. This is Yuriy Chernichuk, the Russian-appointed director of the Zaporizhzhya NPP.
On February 5, Mr. Zelensky imposed sanctions against 200 legal entities from the Russian Federation, including the state corporation Rosatom, its subsidiaries and other companies in the nuclear industry of the Russian Federation. The list, in particular, includes FSUE Zaporozhye NPP, which has been controlled by Russia since October 2022. Archyde.com reported that the tenth package of EU sanctions against Russia could affect the nuclear sector.
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