President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has imposed personal sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The corresponding addition to the decree was published on Saturday, March 18, on the official website of the Ukrainian leader.
According to the document, sanctions against the Syrian president are imposed for a period of 10 years. The restrictions include the blocking of assets, a ban on the withdrawal of capital from Ukraine, the termination of the fulfillment of economic and financial obligations, as well as a ban on the transfer of technologies and rights to intellectual property.
“To put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine dated March 18, 2023 “On the application and amendment of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)”,” the document says.
In addition, Volodymyr Zelensky imposed sanctions on Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad and Prime Minister Huysen Arnus. The decree on new sanctions by Ukraine came into force from the day of its publication.
As Profile.ru reported, on March 14, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad arrived on an official visit to Russia. The last time Assad was in Moscow before the start of the special operation in Ukraine was in September 2021.
Formerly Zelensky put into effect decision of the National Security and Defense Council on sanctions against a number of Russian civil servants. The sanctions list included some deputy governors and ministers of a number of regions, as well as editors-in-chief of some Russian media.
