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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill banning the production and public use of Saint George (Guards) ribbons and introducing administrative responsibility for this.

The Verkhovna Rada passed bill No. 2987 on amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses on the ban on the production and popularization of Saint George (Guards) on May 16. The law will enter into force on the next day from its publication.