The European Union today prolonged sanctions on Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych and 17 of his close associates, but, in a decision that reflects Ukraine’s failure to put together criminal cases, it dropped restrictions on the head of the Yanukovych-era secret service and three other people.
Oleksandr Yakymenko headed Ukraine’s internal security service, the SBU, from January 2013 to February 2014 and is suspected of involvement in the killing of anti-government protestors. Yakymenko, Yanukovych and 20 other Ukrainians were, however, placed under EU sanctions not because of the bloodshed, but because of their suspected embezzlement of state money.
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Source: European Voice
