The United States Department of State announced on Sunday (8) visa restrictions on more than 2,000 Russian and Belarusian military officers for violations related to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and a new visa restriction policy targeting Russian officials for abuses of human rights, violations of international humanitarian law and corruption in Ukraine.
The department also announced sanctions on eight Russian maritime-related companies, including the Russian Defense Ministry’s shipping company for its involvement in the “illegal convulsion and illegal occupation of Ukraine”, and added 69 ships to the Department’s list of nationals and specialized nationals. US Treasury and blocked persons.
It also sanctioned three Belarusian officials “for their involvement in a serious violation of human rights.”
According to a State Department fact sheet, they imposed “visa restrictions on 2,596 members of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and 13 military officers of Belarus.
Pursuant to a policy in the Immigration and Nationality Act, this applies to those believed to have supported, been actively complicit in, or responsible for ordering or directing or authorizing actions that threaten or violate the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of the Ukraine”.
The newly created visa restriction, announced in the fact sheet, “applies to military officers of the Russian Federation and alleged Russian-backed or Russian installation authorities believed to be involved in human rights violations, humanitarian law violations corruption or public corruption in Ukraine, including in the so-called ‘People’s Republic of Donetsk’ or ‘People’s Republic of Luhansk’.
“Family members of those who fall under the policy will also be ineligible for visas,” he said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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