List of people banned from entering Ukraine

The list of persons posing a threat to the national security of Ukraine, 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 public support of the annexation or for visiting Crimea in violation of the acting Ukrainian legislation.

History 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. According to the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the list contained 567 people. 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 Crimea and 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.

Ratification of the List 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. The following day, based on the list received, the Ministry created the formal list.

Selected individuals The list has a confirmed 200 individuals as of 2023.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)

IndividualPhotoNationalityOccupationDate of banLev LeschenkoSinger2014Ivan OkhlobystinActorMikhail PorechenkovKaren ShakhnazarovFilmmakerSergey BezrukovActorVladimir BortkoFilm director2015Mikhail BoyarskyActorEvelina BlyodansActressOleg GazmanovSingerIosif PrigozhinMusic producerNikolay RastorguyevSingerGrigory LepsRoy Jones Jr.BoxerMaxim Kalashnikov (Vladimir Kucherenko)ActorYegor KholmogorovNationalist writerMikhail Khazin Economist and writerStas PiekhaSingerValeriyaSergey PenkinAlexander RosenbaumYulia ChicherinaPavel LunginFilm directorNikolai DobryninActor2016GufRapperPavel GusevJournalistNatasha KorolyovaSingerKristina OrbakaiteValentina TelichkinaActressDenis MaidanovSinger2017Lolita MilyavskayaActressYuliya SamoylovaSingerKirill SafonovActorSteven SeagalStanislav SadalskyIvars KalniņšSergei GlushkoActor & modelNikolay TsiskaridzeBallet dancerEvgeny GrishkovetzWriterAndrey MerzlikinActorDmitry PevtsovActorLyudmila ChursinaActressEgor Kreed (Egor Bulatkin)RapperNadezhda BabkinaSingerLarisa GuzeyevaActress & TV hostNikita MikhalkovFilm director2018Ilya ReznikPoetAleksandr Marshal (Aleksandr Minkov)SingerLarisa DolinaAleksandr BashirovActorAlisa FreindlichActressZakhar PrilepinWriterSvetlana SurganovaSingerFyodor DobronravovActorMichele Placido2018Leonid Yarmolnik2018Miloš BikovićActor and producer2019Goran BregovićMusician2015Albano CarrisiTenor2019Valeriy SyutkinSinger2020Kostadin Kostadinov Politician2022Michael KretschmerPolitician and minister president of SaxonyPupo (Enzo Ghinazzi)SingerAnna NetrebkoOpera singer2023Wang FangOpera singerGeorge SimionPolitician2024

Individuals previously banned or refused entry

These individuals have at some point been banned from entering Ukraine; these individuals are either deceased or have eventually been allowed entry. IndividualPhotoNationalityOccupationBan datesJared Hasselhoff Musician2013–2018Mikhail Zadornov Comedian2014–2017 (deceased)Joseph KobzonSinger2014–2018 (deceased)Valentina TalyzinaActress2014–2025 (deceased)Silvio Berlusconi Politician and Media Tycoon2015–2018Stanislav Govorukhin Film director2017–2018 (deceased)Elina Bystritskaya Actress2017–2019 (deceased)Otar KushanashviliMusic journalist2016–2019Gerard DepardieuActor and filmmaker2015–2020Fred DurstRapper & singer2015–2020Valentin GaftActor2015–2020 (deceased)Vasily Lanovoy2015–2021 (deceased)Vladimir Menshov2018–2021 (deceased)Andrew MurrayTrade unionist2018–2021Kirill GrebenshchikovActor2020–2023

See also List of people and organizations sanctioned during the Russo-Ukrainian War International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War Boycott Russian Films

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External links Российские звезды, которым запретили въезд на Украину в 2014-2019 годах [Russian stars banned from entering Ukraine in 2014–2019] - RIA Novosti, 25 July 2019