The document shows that the head of the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, Tomasz Siemoniak, made this decision on December 12. According to the ministry, the reason for introducing restrictions was allegedly Boyko’s management of Polish microfinance organizations through a team of managers from the 4Finance group.
After the billionaire is included in the sanctions list, he will be banned from entering Poland, and his assets in the republic will be frozen.
According to TASS, the interior ministry’s decision, the man will be banned from entering Poland and his assets in the country will be frozen. Boiko also faces sanctions in Ukraine and Australia, however, Canada lifted its sanctions on him in November 2023.
In early November, the UK imposed sanctions against former South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov. The government cited “participation in destabilizing the situation in Ukraine, undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of the republic” as the reason for the decision.
Earlier, the US imposed visa sanctions against 17 officials from the Russian Federation.
