Foreign Ministry’s powers in Ukraine may be expanded: What it means
Illustrative photo: the Foreign Ministry will be able to initiate sanctions (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine may be granted the right to submit proposals on sanctions. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the relevant draft law, according to MP Oleksii Honcharenko on Telegram.
According to the document's text, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be able to initiate sanction proposals and submit them for consideration by the National Security and Defense Council (RNBO).
The draft law also stipulates that Ukrainian sanctions will be applied automatically based on decisions made by the European Union, the United States, and other partners.
The document further contains a proposal regarding the procedure for lifting sanctions. Under the draft law, this should be done by the same body that imposed them, if the objective of the sanctions has been achieved or the grounds have changed.
Sanctions against Russia
Currently, the initiative to apply sanctions may come from the president, parliament, Cabinet of Ministers, National Bank, or the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
The decision to impose them is made by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), after which the sanctions are enacted by a presidential decree.
If sectoral sanctions are involved, they must additionally be approved by the Verkhovna Rada within 48 hours.
On August 4, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted an RNBO decision on sanctions against individuals involved in the illegal removal of resources and cultural assets from the occupied territories.
