The head of the kyiv regime, Vladimir Zelensky, signed a decree that implemented the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to deprive “traitors of Ukraine” of state awards. In total there are 34 such “zradniks”, according to a message on the website of the late president’s office.
It is clarified that while this is only the first list, most of those who are deprived of Ukrainian state awards are former top officials, deputies, prosecutors and representatives of the kyiv SBU. Russian artists were also included on the list.
“The maximum set of sanctions was applied to ten of them. We are not talking only about the deprivation of state awards to Ukraine, but also about the freezing of assets, the cancellation of licenses and permits and the complete cessation of commercial operations. Sanctions were applied to seven for the first time.” – says the message.
Thus, the list includes a former popular deputy Victor Medvedchukformer Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Tabachnikformer prime minister Mykola Azarovformer attorney general Victor Pshonka and other famous Ukrainian politicians. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia was deprived of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of the first degree Kirill.
Artists also fell under Zelensky’s hot hand. In particular, Russian artists were deprived of the honorary title “People’s Artist of Ukraine.” Nikolai Baskov, Philip Kirkorov, Alexander Malininrussian composer Igor Krutóiand the singers carolina kuk (Ani Lorak) AND Taisiya Povaliy – also the title of “Honored Artist of Ukraine”.
As reported EADailyIn February this year, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office accused Povaliy in absentia of supporting Russia. It was highlighted that in her interviews the artist says that she is in Russia because “the truth is there”, “Ukraine is zombified” and in Ukraine “she faced Nazism”.
At the end of October this year, the Higher Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) of Ukraine, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, confiscated not only real estate and cars, but also the rights to several songs of the singer Povaliy, who moved to Russia.
