The US State Department on Sunday announced visa restrictions for more than 2,000 Russian and Belarusian servicemen for violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and a new visa restriction policy targeting Russian officials for human rights abuses, international humanitarian violations law and corruption in Ukraine.
The ministry also announced sanctions against eight Russian shipping companies, including the Russian Defense Ministry’s shipping company, for its involvement in Russia’s “illegal occupation and occupation of Ukraine,” and added 69 ships to the US Treasury Department’s list of designated citizens. and blocked persons.
It also sanctioned three Belarusian officials “for their participation in a gross violation of human rights.”
According to a State Department report, they imposed “visa restrictions on 2,596 members of the Russian military and 13 Belarusian servicemen in accordance with the policy under section 212 (a) (3) (C) of the Immigration and Citizenship Act. those who are believed to have supported, actively participated in or been responsible for ordering or otherwise directing or authorizing actions that threaten or violate the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine.
The newly created visa restriction, announced in the information sheet, “applies to Russian military personnel and alleged authorities, supported or installed by Russia, who are believed to be involved in human rights violations, violations of international humanitarian law or corruption. in Ukrainian society, including the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic or the Luhansk People’s Republic.
“The family members of those who fall under this policy will also not be eligible for visas,” it said.
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