On September 16, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree introducing sanctions against 105 firms and 388 individuals, mainly from Russia, for supporting the annexation of Crimea and the war in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas (President.gov.ua, September 16). The decree came into effect on September 22, when its text was published in the official government newspaper, Uryadovy Kuryer. This is a symbolic gesture, late and unlikely to seriously affect anybody or any business entity currently operating in Russia. Simultaneously, Crimean Tatars and Ukrainian nationalist groups have launched a blockade of highways for trucks carrying goods to Crimea from …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation