Ukraine adopted new sanctions against Russian high rank officials

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groysman signed the project adopted by the deputies on April 22. It adopts private sanctions against the president of Russia Vladimir Putin. The document offers to use sanctions against 34 other high rank officials besides the ruler of Kremlin.

Nothing is reported about the type of sanctions. The document also urges the international community to use harsher sanctions against Russia. The project received the name "Savchenko List" implying on the Ukrainian pilot Nadejda Savchenko. She is held in custody in Moscow as a suspect in the case of murder of Russian journalists.