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List of people banned from entering Ukraine

The list of persons posing a threat to the national security of Ukraine,[1][a] or the Black List of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine is a list maintained by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine is an on-going list of persons who pose a threat to national security of Ukraine, compiled by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine on the basis of appeals from the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Security and Defense Council and/or the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting. Following the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the war in Donbas, the Ukrainian government has banned from entering Ukraine a number of Russian and international celebrities for publicly support of the annexation or for visiting Crimea in violation of the acting Ukrainian legislation.

History

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On July 8, 2015, radical activists of the "Otpor" (Ukrainian "Vidsich") movement held a theatrical action under the building of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine demanding that any broadcast of films, songs, programs, shows and other content be banned. The young people handed over a list of 568 Russian artists and TV stars who, according to activists, should be banned.[2] According to the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the list contained 567 people.[3] On the same day, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine a list with updated data on 117 cultural figures of the Russian Federation who publicly supported the anti-Ukrainian military aggression in eastern Ukraine , the annexation of Crimeaand those who expressed objections about the state sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, on which it was proposed to apply restrictive measures in accordance with the law " On Sanctions ", adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 2014.[4]

Ratification of the List

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On August 7, 2015, the SBU provided the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine with a list of 14 people whose actions, according to the SBU, pose a threat to the national security of Ukraine. On August 8 of the same year, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine published this list. Most of the people on this list have already been declared persona non grata in Ukraine.[5] The following day, based on the list received, the Ministry created the formal list.

Selected individuals

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The list has a confirmed 200 individuals as of 2023.[6][7]

Individual Photo Nationality Occupation Date of ban
Lev Leschenko     Russia Singer 2014
Ivan Okhlobystin     Russia Actor 2014
Mikhail Porechenkov     Russia Actor 2014
Karen Shakhnazarov     Russia Filmmaker 2014
Valentina Talyzina     Russia Actress 2014
Sergey Bezrukov     Russia Actor 2015
Vladimir Bortko     Russia Film director 2015
Mikhail Boyarsky     Russia Actor 2015
Evelina Blyodans   Russia Actress 2015
Oleg Gazmanov     Russia Singer 2015
Iosif Prigozhin     Russia Music producer 2015
Nikolay Rastorguyev     Russia Singer 2015
Grigory Leps     Russia Singer 2015
Roy Jones Jr.     Russia
  United States 		Boxer 2015
Maxim Kalashnikov (Vladimir Kucherenko)     Russia Actor 2015
Yegor Kholmogorov     Russia Nationalist writer 2015
Mikhail Khazin   Russia Economist and writer 2015
Stas Piekha     Russia Singer 2015
Valeriya     Russia Singer 2015
Sergey Penkin   Russia Singer 2015
Alexander Rosenbaum     Russia Singer 2015
Yulia Chicherina     Russia Singer 2015
Pavel Lungin     Russia Film director 2015
Nikolai Dobrynin   Russia Actor 2016
Guf   Russia Rapper 2016
Pavel Gusev     Russia Journalist 2016[8]
Natasha Korolyova     Russia Singer 2016
Kristina Orbakaite     Russia Singer 2016
Valentina Telichkina   Russia Actress 2016
Denis Maidanov     Russia Singer 2017
Lolita Milyavskaya     Russia Actress 2017
Yuliya Samoylova     Russia Singer 2017
Kirill Safonov   Russia Actor 2017
Steven Seagal     Russia
  United States 		Actor 2017
Stanislav Sadalsky     Russia Actor 2017
Ivars Kalniņš     Latvia Actor 2017
Sergei Glushko     Russia Actor & model 2017
Nikolay Tsiskaridze     Russia Ballet dancer 2017
Evgeny Grishkovetz     Russia Writer 2017
Andrey Merzlikin     Russia Actor 2017
Dmitry Pevtsov     Russia Actor 2017
Lyudmila Chursina     Russia Actress 2017
Egor Kreed (Egor Bulatkin)     Russia Rapper 2017
Nadezhda Babkina     Russia Singer 2017
Larisa Guzeyeva     Russia Actress & TV host 2017
Nikita Mikhalkov     Russia Film director 2018
Ilya Reznik     Russia Poet 2018
Aleksandr Marshal (Aleksandr Minkov)     Russia Singer 2018
Larisa Dolina     Russia Singer 2018
Aleksandr Bashirov     Russia Actor 2018
Alisa Freindlich     Russia Actress 2018
Zakhar Prilepin     Russia Writer 2018
Svetlana Surganova     Russia Singer 2018
Fyodor Dobronravov     Russia Actor 2018
Michele Placido     Italy Actor

2018[9]

Leonid Yarmolnik     Russia Actor 2018
Miloš Biković     Russia
  Serbia 		Actor and producer 2019[10]
Albano Carrisi     Italy Tenor 2019
Valeriy Syutkin     Russia Singer 2020
Kostadin Kostadinov     Bulgaria Politician 2022
Pupo (Enzo Ghinazzi)     Italy Singer 2022
Michael Kretschmer     Germany Politician and minister president of Saxony 2022
Wang Fang     China Opera singer 2023

Individuals previously banned or refused entry

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These individuals have at some point been banned from entering Ukraine; these individuals are either deceased or have eventually been allowed entry.

Individual Photo Nationality Occupation Ban dates
Mikhail Zadornov     Russia Comedian 2014–2017 (deceased)
Joseph Kobzon     Russia Singer 2014–2018 (deceased)
Stanislav Govorukhin     Russia Film director 2017-2018 (deceased)
Elina Bystritskaya     Russia Actress 2017–2019 (deceased)
Otar Kushanashvili     Russia Music journalist 2016-2019
Gerard Depardieu     Russia
  France 		Actor and filmmaker 2015-2020[11]
Fred Durst     United States Rapper & singer 2015-2020[12]
Valentin Gaft     Russia Actor 2015-2020 (deceased)
Vasily Lanovoy     Russia Actor 2015-2021 (deceased)
Vladimir Menshov     Russia Actor 2018-2021 (deceased)
Andrew Murray   United Kingdom Trade unionist 2018-2021 [13]
Kirill Grebenshchikov     Russia Actor 2020-2023 [14]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ukrainian: Перелік осіб, які створюють загрозу нацбезпеці України, transliterated: Perelik osib, yaki stvoryuyut' zagrozu natsbezpetsi Ukraini

References

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  1. ^ Fiorentino, Michael-Ross (2019-03-13). "What is the Ukrainian government's 'blacklist'? | Euronews answers". euronews. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  2. ^ "У Києві активісти передали Мінкультури список "артистов-рашистов"". espreso.tv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  3. ^ Коментар прес-служби про виконання Міністерством культури законів України "Про санкції" та "Про внесення змін до деяких законів України щодо захисту інформаційного телерадіопростору України" [Commentary of the press service on the implementation by the Ministry of Culture of the laws of Ukraine 'On Sanctions' and 'On Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine Regarding the Protection of the Informational Television and Radio Space of Ukraine'] (in Ukrainian). Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Мінкультури внесло у "чорний список" 117 російських артистів". Інформаційне агентство Українські Національні Новини (УНН). Всі онлайн новини дня в Україні за сьогодні - найсвіжіші, останні, головні. (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  5. ^ Мінкультури публікує Перелік осіб, які створюють загрозу нацбезпеці [The Ministry of Culture publishes the List of persons who pose a threat to national security] (in Ukrainian). Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. 2015-08-08. Archived from the original on 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  6. ^ список діячів культури, дії яких створюють загрозу національній безпеці України [a list of cultural figures whose actions pose a threat to the national security of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine. June 25, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25.
  7. ^ SBU issues entry ban against 140 Russian artists, UNIAN (5 November 2016)
    Ukraine’s State Security Service bans 140 Russian cultural figures from entering country, TASS news agency (5 November 2016)
  8. ^ Включенный в санкционный список Порошенко Павел Гусев: «Напоминает фашистскую Германию» // Московский комсомолец
  9. ^ "Italian actor Michele Placido added to list of persons threatening national security of Ukraine". Kyiv Post (in Ukrainian). 10 December 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  10. ^ "Ukraine Blasts HBO Casting Pro-Russia Actor In The White Lotus". Barron's (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  11. ^ "Gerard Depardieu banned from Ukraine for five years, apparently over Crimea comments". Los Angeles Times (in Ukrainian). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  12. ^ "Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst is banned from Ukraine for five years for security reasons" (in Ukrainian). BBC News. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  13. ^ "Andrew Murray, banned from entering Ukraine, has long sympathized with Kremlin" (in Ukrainian). Kyiv Post. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  14. ^ "Russian actor Grebenshchikov denied entry to Ukraine for three years" (in Ukrainian). Menafn. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
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