Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree enacting sanctions on a large number of Russian media assets.
According to the regulator National Council (‘Rada’), this follows a decision by the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, dated April 28 this year.
Among the Russian broadcasters listed in what will be a three-year ban are TV Center, NTV-Plus, TVN, Digital Television, National Media Group and Ren TV.
Meanwhile, RTR Planeta, Russia 24, First Channel. Global Network and NTV have been hit with a one-year ban.
Ukraine has also issued bans on several key people in the Russian media from entering the country.
Perhaps most controversially, Ukraine has in addition banned a number of popular Russian sites including Mail.ru, Yandex, VK and Odnoklassniki.
Following the presidential decree, a total of 1,228 Russian firms and 468 Russian entities are now effectively banned from Ukraine.
