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Ukrainian parliament bans use of St. George ribbons
The Verkhovna Rada has supported the bill to prohibit the production, wearing and distribution of St. George Ribbon in Ukraine. 238 MPs voted in favor of the decision on Tuesday.
According to the draft document, fines from 850 ($32 USD) to 2550 hryvnia ($97 USD) are envisaged for public use, demonstration or wearing of Georgian ribbons or pictures thereof. For repeated infringement during a year, a more severe punishment is envisaged – a fine of up to 5100 hryvnia ($193 USD) or administrative …
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Ukraine accuses Russia of waging hybrid war, moves to block Russian media and social networks
On May 16, Ukraine put the Russian social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki on the sanctions list. The Ukrainian president signed a decree affirming the ruling of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) from April 28 to expand the list of physical and legal entities with sanctions against them.
Which companies are on the sanctions list ?
In total there are 1228 physical persons and 468 companies on the updated list. Firstly, Ukraine has introduced sanctions against the major …
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The author of the plan to lease the Crimea said that he was banned from entering Ukraine
People's Deputy of Ukraine Andriy Artemenko, who proposed a plan for leasing the Crimea, said that he was banned from entering Ukraine, channel 112 Ukraine reports.
"I cannot go to Ukraine right now, because I received official information from the migration service, from the border guards, that I was banned from entering the territory of Ukraine using any of my three foreign passports," Artemenko said.
According to the deputy, his three foreign passports have been annulled since May 5. These …
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Kyiv announced its plans to abandon Russian software
Deputies from the Kyiv City Council supported a resolution to prohibit the use of Russian software, as indicated on the Council’s website.
According to official information, the draft is aimed at providing cybersecurity measures. The City Council stated that the document specifies banning telecommunications equipment and software that Russian companies have developed and produced.
The message also stated that the ban will extend to executive and local self-government authorities, as well as …
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Ukraine to block access to Russian media and social networks
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on new sanctions against Russia. The sanctions involve, in particular, blocking of Russian social networks such as VKontakte and Odnoklassniki. In addition, the access to all services of Russian media giant Yandex will be blocked. The text of the decree was published on the web site of the Ukrainian president.
Access to the social networks will be blocked following the restriction previously imposed on Russian Mail.ru group. Under the …