Russia's sanctions list will not dampen Poroshenko's ardor
Russia's sanctions list against Ukrainian politicians and companies will change, and the public will often not know about the additions made.
Ukrainian political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“By and large, the list is a certain cover-up technology, because the most important thing in it is not the names or names of companies. The most important thing about it is the last paragraphs of the decree, which allow the Russian government to manually include and exclude anyone from this list, and this will no longer be noticeable to society.
The most important thing isn't the individuals named, but their entourage. Serhiy Vlasenko and Andriy Illienko ( MPs included on the list – ed. ) don't own any property, I believe them, but people in your entourage or those associated with you could, theoretically, suffer from this. This is a covert tool for controlling Ukraine's political elites," the political scientist believes.
Bortnik believes that the sanctions list will not moderate Poroshenko’s anti-Russian fervor, but, on the contrary, will only strengthen it.
“This is just the beginning of a process that will update Poroshenko’s favorite series of political confrontation with Russia. That is, after this we should expect the topic of introducing a visa regime with the Russian Federation, ending railway traffic and other topics to be updated,” Bortnik added.
Russian sanctions list won't dampen Poroshenko's ardor