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The head of Ukraine's Udar party, Vitali Klitschko, has called on the European Union to impose individual sanctions on Ukrainian officials who are behind selective justice, political reprisals, and human rights abuses. 

Klitschko, who is also the reigning WBC heavyweight boxing champion, said on March 15 in Brussels that some Ukrainian officials are bringing the country toward dictatorship and international isolation through their actions.

He said Ukrainians “should not be held hostage to politicians.”

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