Ukraine: Imposition of sanctions against 2,500 individuals cited as ‘Putin’s people’– Ivan Savvidis on the list

Ivan Savvidis is on a list of 2,500 individuals, mostly businesspeople and bankers, that the Ukrainian government considers as "Putin's people", the reason for the latest imposition of strict economic sanctions on them. Kyiv, in fact, calls on the European Union to impose the same sanctions.

The measures foresee, among others, the confiscation of assets, prohibition against any business activity and investment — all aimed at the group of individuals deemed as "Putin's people".

One of those individuals is well-known for his business activity in Greece, namely, Ivan Savvidis, whose relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin have repeatedly been the subject of international press scrutiny, in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Moreover, even more attention fell on Savvidis after he was personally thanked by the head of the pro-Russian autonomists in the Donbass region for the donation of vehicles and generators.

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Ukrainian mass media this week widely reported the decision by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to apply the decision by the country's national security and defense council against the specific individuals.

International press reports added that the decision, which also affects 1,374 corporate entities, primarily Russian companies, came amid a wave of missile and UAV attacks against Ukrainian targets, an escalation of warfare attributed to a decision by Putin.

The same reports emphasize that the decisions taken by the Kyiv government instruct the country's foreign affairs ministry to brief relevant authorities in the EU and US, as well as other countries, in order to apply the specific...