The sanctions list of Ukraine, a decree about which was signed today by President Petro Poroshenko, includes Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, the Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, MP of the State Duma and Head of the International Affairs Committee Alexey Pushkov, the Head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev, the State Duma MP from the Communist Party Valery Rashkin, Chairman of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkin, Head of the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation Nikolay Nikiforov, and MP of the State Duma and leader of 'A Fair Russia' Sergey Mironov.
In addition, the Director of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society Development and Human Rights, Alexander Brod, an adviser to Vladimir Putin Sergei Glazyev, children's ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, and the head of the Federal Agency for CIS affairs, Compatriots living abroad and international humanitarian cooperation Konstantin Kosachev, are now under sanctions too.
The list also includes members of the press, including the Director General of the Russian International Agency 'Rossiya Segodnya' Dmitry Kiselev.
With regard to organizations, the list includes 'Channel One', NTV, 'Russia-24' as well as 'Aeroflot', 'Almaz-Antey' and 'Gazprombank', TASS writes.
