President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced new sanctions in his evening address.

" These are more than 280 companies and 120 people who, due to gambling schemes, worked against Ukraine.

The decision has been in preparation for some time, it closes schemes for tens of billions. This is not the last decision.. Ukraine will be defended everywhere and by all civilized means,"

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According to Presidential Decree No. 145/2023 of March 10, 2023, personal special economic sanctions are imposed for 50 years against 120 people. Most of them are citizens of Russia. But there are also citizens of Cyprus, Great Britain, Poland, Turkey and the Netherlands among them.. With regard to legal entities, Russian betting companies, organizers of lotteries, hippodromes, investment and entertainment companies fell under sanctions, also for 50 years..