Ukraine imposes sanctions on so-called election observers from occupied Abkhazia and “South Ossetia

Ukraine has imposed sanctions on the representatives of occupied Abkhazia and “South Ossetia”, which arrived in the “People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk” as so-called observers for "elections".

In particular, the sanctioned persons are: Tamaz Gogia, chairman of the de facto central commission of occupied Abkhazia, de facto MP Almaskhan Ardzinba and de facto senior official Oleg Arshba.

The list also includes Igor Kozaev, head of the de-facto presidential administration of "South Ossetia", de facto Vice Speaker of Parliament Ruslan Tedeev, de facto MPs Bakhva Tedeev and Igor Chochiev, as well as de-facto president’s assistant Davit Gazaati.

The above persons’ assets have been blocked and they have been prohibited from arriving in Ukraine. The term of sanctions is 3 years.