The security service of Ukraine forbade entry into Ukraine to Russian designer and blogger Artemy Lebedev, who had previously visited Russian-occupied Crimea and Donbas, reported the online edition of “Apostrophe” with reference to the response of the SBU.
“The security service of Ukraine in the interests of ensuring the security of Ukraine decided to ban entry into Ukraine You provided in the request to the citizen of the Russian Federation in connection with the Commission of the activities aimed at causing harm in the field of information security”, – stated in the SBU response to a request for information publication.
The period during which Lebedev is forbidden to visit Ukraine, the SBU did not specify.
According to media reports, in 2016, Lebedev visited the non-government-controlled areas of Donbas.
In addition, the Russian blogger-designer visited the occupied Crimea.