{"id":5288,"date":"2026-07-13T19:41:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2026-07-13T19:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:41:31","slug":"eu-imposes-sanctions-on-russians-over-human-rights-and-cybercrime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5288","title":{"rendered":"EU imposes sanctions on Russians over human rights and cybercrime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">July 13 (Reuters) &#8211; The European Union on Monday broadened sanctions against Russia to include individuals \u200cand entities responsible for cybercrime and human \u200crights violations, naming popular social media app VKontakte among them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 \u200bVKontakte and its daughter company Communication Platform LLC were added to the list for their role in developing and managing the MaxApp for Russian smartphones, under \u200cthe supervision of \u2060the FSB security agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 The app is pre-installed on all mobile devices sold \u2060in Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 EU countries said MaxApp was used for repression of critics of Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine and \u200bof people \u200bwho posted other \u200bcontent banned by authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2022 \u200cRestrictive measures were also imposed on Citadel, VAS Experts and Norsi-Trans &#8211; 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