Roman AbramovichMOSCOW, Mar 14 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Governor Roman Abramovich and 14 other people, the Financial Times writes. Business journalists reviewed a preliminary version of the list: it includes four «oligarchs», seven businessmen associated with the Kremlin and four people associated with a «disinformation campaign» . According to the newspaper, a new package of sanctions will be announced on Monday. It is reported that further sanctions against state-owned enterprises of the Russian Federation are also being considered, including in areas such as aircraft manufacturing and shipbuilding, additional restrictions on the Russian banking sector, a ban on the import of Russian iron and steel products. , a ban on new investment projects in the country and a ban on the export of «luxury items.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
