Black list of Russian cultural figures, denied entry to Ukraine, consists of about 140 people, evidenced by the official response of the security Service of Ukraine at the request of the Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from “block of Petro Poroshenko” Olga chervakova.
“The security service of Ukraine banned entry to the territory of the country for approximately 140 workers of culture of the Russian Federation, including about 50 of them in the period from 3 December 2015 to date,” reads the response of the security Service, which Cermakova has posted on his page in Facebook.
The Ministry of culture of Ukraine in August 2015, announced the “black list” of culture of the Russian Federation, which, in the opinion of the Ukrainian authorities, “endanger national security” of the country. At the end of December 2015, the Ministry has made a list of 43 others. In General, the list was expanded to 83 seats. Among the artists included in the list, Oleg Gazmanov, Iosif Kobzon, Valeriya perfilova, Sergei Penkin, Alexander Rosenbaum, Julia Chicherin.