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Zelensky Signs Decrees Sanctioning Eight Individuals and Five Russian Publishers

Kyiv plans diplomatic outreach urging allied adoption of analogous restrictions.

Overview

  • Presidential Decrees No. 834/2025 and No. 835/2025 were published, putting the new sanctions into immediate effect.
  • The individual sanctions list names former Constitutional Court head Oleksandr Tupitsky and Russian financier Kirill Dmitriev, alongside Russian government and security figures tied to information operations.
  • Ukrainian authorities accuse the targeted individuals of facilitating asset appropriation on occupied territory, running information campaigns against Ukraine, and imposing Russian educational standards.
  • Five Russian publishing houses face restrictions for promoting propaganda and anti‑Ukrainian narratives in occupied regions, with plans to bar their participation in international book fairs and to remove their products from online sales platforms.
  • The Foreign Ministry was instructed to notify the EU, the United States and other states about the measures, as Zelensky also flagged work with the EU on a 20th sanctions package expected to take shape within a month.