Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. File photoMOSCOW, Feb. 26Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, in connection with the sanctions, said that neither he nor his family members had and do not have any foreign accounts or any property for abroad. «By the way, for reference. Neither I nor my family members had and do not have foreign accounts or any property abroad,» Medvedev wrote on his Vkontakte page. On Saturday, the European Union added to the sanctions list Dmitry Medvedev, Mikhail Mishustin, Vladimir Kolokoltsev and Sergei Ivanov. This is stated in a document published in the official journal of the European Union. As the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said earlier, the EU restrictions will be the same as for other individuals on the lists: they relate to asset freezes. Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine early Thursday morning, February 24. In a televised address to the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action from us, the people’s republics of Donbass have asked for help.” According to the Russian leader, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. Daria Buimova
