Ukraine bans Austrian design firm working on Crimea theatre project


FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Bankova, in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 19, 2022. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine imposed sanctions on Saturday on an Austrian architecture and design company working on a project to build new theatre house in Sevastopol, a city in the Russian-controlled Crimean peninsula.

A decree issued by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the company, Coop Himmelb(L)au, is banned from doing business in Ukraine and cannot withdraw capital from the country for five years.

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