Ukraine imposes sanctions against ex-President Poroshenko for security reasons
Ukraine imposes sanctions against ex-President Poroshenko for security reasons
The Ukraine has sanctions against the former president and opposition Petro Poroshenko imposed. These sanctions include an asset lock and a ban on withdrawing capital from the country. The national secret service authority, the SBU, justified these measures with "national security reasons".
background to Petro Poroshenko
Poroshenko, one of the richest men in Ukraine, leads the largest opposition party in the Ukrainian parliament. He was president from 2014 to 2019, but lost his re-election to President Wolodymyr selenskyj . The 59-year-old chocolate magnate, also known as "the chocolate king", sees Selenskyj as a political rival and accuses the Ukrainian president, unconstitutional and out of political motivation.
sanctions and national security
The SBU announced that the sanctions were imposed on the basis of "existing threats to national security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine" and the "creation of obstacles for sustainable economic development".
further sanctions against high -ranking business people
In addition, the Ukraine imposed sanctions against the detained oligarch ihor Kolomoisky , the former co-owner of the private bank Gennadiy Bogolyubov, Viktor Medvedchuk, a narrow Allies of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, as well as the businessman Kostyantyn Zhevago.
political situation during the law of war
The sanctions are carried out against the background of an increasingly active political landscape in Ukraine, since a move by US President Donald Trump to end the war with Russia, the possibility of a future election opens up. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, war law has been in Ukraine, which prohibits the maintenance of elections. Selenskyj's mandate would usually have expired in May last year.
allegations and criticism of the sanctions
Before the Russian invasion, Poroshenko was the subject of several criminal investigations, which he always rejected. Selenskyj said that the disclosure of the machinations during the war would shock the public, since funds that are allegedly intended to support the army are used for money laundering and financing party members. However, he did not call any concrete persons.The sanctions met with broad criticism in Porosenko's homeland and internationally. Carl Bildt, a former Swedish Prime Minister and current co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, said that the sanctions against Poroshenko would damage Selenskyj's call in Europe. "The imposition of sanctions against Poroshenko is perceived as pure political Vendendta. Sure, he had business in Russia in the past, but that also had Selenskyj," says Bildt on X.
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