Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Feb. 16 signed a decree enacting an NSDC decision imposing personal restrictive measures on the athletes.
- The published appendix names Evgenii Baidusov, Imam Ganishov, Svetlana Dashanimayeva, Arkady Dvorkovich, Yana Yegoryan, Vladislav Larin, Maksim Khramtsov, Angelina Melnikova, Madina Taimazova, and Fedor Chudinov.
- Kyiv cites visits to occupied Ukrainian territories, public justification of the invasion, fundraising for occupying forces, and events involving abducted Ukrainian children as grounds for the sanctions.
- Zelenskyy said the action is meant to signal that support for aggression will not be ignored and vowed to restore justice.
- The package stems from Heraskevych’s petition, following his Olympic disqualification after the IOC banned his planned “helmet of remembrance,” for which he later received the Order of Freedom.