Ani Lorak, Kirkorov, Azarov and others: the president deprived 34 traitors of state awards

According to the decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 34 traitors of Ukraine were deprived of state awards.

This was reported in the press service of the President's Office.

It is noted that this is the first list in which 34 persons are indicated. Among them are former government officials, people's deputies, heads of the SSU and the Prosecutor General's Office, prosecutors, artists, Russian political, religious and cultural figures. All of them were deprived of state awards of Ukraine indefinitely.

«The maximum set of sanctions — 21 species — was applied to ten of them. This is not only about the deprivation of state awards of Ukraine, but also, in particular, about the blocking of assets, the cancellation of licenses and permits, and the complete cessation of trade operations,» the message says.

Among them, sanctions were applied to seven for the first time. In particular, this is the former first deputy leader of the political party «Party of Regions» and the head of the relevant faction Oleksandr Yefremov, who had the «For Merit» orders of the I-III degrees and Prince Yaroslav the Wise of the V degree.

In addition, former First Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Renat Kuzmin was stripped of his awards. He had the Order of Merit II-III degree and the title «Honored Lawyer of Ukraine».

Also, eight persons who are already under other sanctions of Ukraine were deprived of state awards of Ukraine, namely:

• Former People's Deputy of II-IV and IX convocations Viktor Medvedchuk. He was awarded the «For Merit» orders of I-III degrees and Prince Yaroslav the Wise V degree, had the title of «Honored Lawyer of Ukraine».
• Former Minister of Education and Science (2010–2014) Dmytro Tabachnyk. He had orders of Prince Yaroslav the Wise IV-V degrees and the title «Honored Worker of Science and Technology».
• Former Prime Minister of Ukraine (2010–2014) Mykola Azarov, who was awarded the Order of Merit I-III degrees and Prince Yaroslav the Wise V degree, and also had the title «Honored Economist of Ukraine».
• In addition, the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine (2010–2014) Viktor Pshonka was also deprived of the state award of Ukraine. He had the Order «For Merit» of the 3rd degree.
• Andriy Derkach, former People's Deputy of the III-IX convocations. He had the Order «For Merit» of the 3rd degree.
• Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and former KGB agent, Patriarch Kirill. He was awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st degree.

Russian singers Mykola Baskov, Philip Kirkorov, Oleksandr Malinin, Russian composer Ihor Krutoi were deprived of the honorary title of «People's Artist of Ukraine», and singers Karolina Kuiek (Ani Lorak) and Taisia Povalii were also awarded the title of «Honored Artist of Ukraine».

We will remind that on November 20, the Verkhovna Rada adopted draft law No. 11410 on the deprivation of state awards for traitors of Ukraine.