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The Russian citizens on the list are Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov, popular singer and a lawmaker Joseph Kobzon, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ethnicity Issues, Valery Rashkin, First Deputy Defense Minister Arkady Bakhin, and deputy chief of Russia's General Staff of the Armed Forces, Andrey Kartapolov.

The list also includes 14 militia members of Eastern Ukraine and nine entities – the armed groups of militias in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics.

Sanctions have also been imposed on Arseny Pavlov, also known as Motorola, who is the leader of the pro-Moscow "Sparta Battalion".

Thus, a total of 151 Russian and Ukrainian citizens, as well as 37 organizations have been included on the EU's blacklist so far.

As reported, in February 2014 Russia occupied the Crimean peninsula that belonged to Ukraine. In March, Crimea was annexed. Over the past several months, Russia has been backing a bloody separatist movement in Eastern Ukraine.

In response to Russia's aggression in Ukraine, the EU, the United States, and other Western countries have imposed sanctions against Russia's top officials, Kremlin associates, and Russia's financial, defense, and energy sectors.