“Report by Kirill Budanov. We discussed the priorities of the Office of the President and, in particular, issues of sanctions policy,” the president wrote.
According to Zelensky, all areas of pressure on the aggressor country Russia and persons associated with it “must be maintained and adapted to changing wartime realities.”
“We will tighten sanctions instruments,” the president indicated.
As Zelensky said, Budanov also reported to him on part of the meetings within the framework of the diplomatic track of negotiations on the “peace plan” for resolving the Russian-Ukrainian war.
“We also identified tasks within the framework of domestic policy that need to be addressed as a matter of priority,” the president added.
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Zelensky appointed Budanov as head of the OP on January 2. The Financial Times wrote that Zelensky persistently persuaded Budanov to head the Presidential Office for a month. As the media noted, Budanov is one of the few Ukrainian officials who throughout the war maintained an open line of communication with the aggressor country of the Russian Federation, in particular on the issue of prisoner exchange.
Sanctions against Russia have been introduced in response to its attack on Ukraine since 2014. After the full-scale invasion of Russian troops on February 24, 2022, restrictions were significantly expanded.
By information global sanctions tracking database Castellum, since the end of February 2022, almost 24 thousand restrictions have been introduced against the Russian Federation. Russia – the most sanctioned country in the world, it is ahead of Iran, Syria and North Korea.
