“The sanctions imposed against the businessman, co-owner of the studio “Kvartal-95” and associate of the president Timur Mindich and businessman Oleksandr Zukerman are a “full standard package” of restrictions, which provide for the immediate blocking of assets on the territory of Ukraine, and do not prohibit the specified persons from entering the country.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Businessman, co-owner of studio “Kvartal-95” and associate of Zelensky Timur Mindych and businessman Oleksandr Zukerman. Photo by Radio Liberty Source: Center for countering disinformation with reference to the President’s authorized representative for sanctions policy, Vladyslav Vlasyuk
Vlasyuk’s direct speech: “The period of application of sanctions is three years (and for the deprivation of awards – indefinitely). There is no entry ban. The standard set and period of sanctions, including the complete blocking of assets (instant effect). Applied to persons with confirmed foreign citizenship.”
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Details: He also emphasized that the indication of foreign citizenship will allow for “operational blocking in foreign jurisdictions.”
“In addition, sanctions actually block assets in Ukraine. Claims that they “do not affect Ukrainian property” are manipulations that do not correspond to reality,” concluded the CPD.
What happened before: On November 13, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi implemented the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on conducting sanctions against the businessman, co-owner of the studio “Kvartal-95” and his associate Timur Mindich and businessman Oleksandr Zukerman.
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Prehistory:
- On the morning of November 10, it became known that NABU is conducting searches of businessman Timur Mindich and Minister of Justice Herman Galushchenko (as of November 12, Galushchenko was suspended from his post). At the same time, UP sources reported that Mindich had fled abroad a few hours before the searches.
- On the same day, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reported that it had uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme for the embezzlement of funds in the energy sector, as well as made public audio recordings of the negotiations of the participants in this case.
- On November 12, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yulia Svyridenko decided to make a submission to the National Security and Defense Council regarding the introduction of sanctions against Timur Mindich and Oleksandr Zukerman.