Russia has expanded its economic sanctions on Ukraine, adding more than 250 people and businesses to a blacklist first announced at the start of November.<br />''<br />''<br />''According to a decree by Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev in Moscow, 245 individuals and seven companies, mostly in the energy and defence sectors, were sanctioned by Moscow.<br />''<br />''<br />''Relations between Moscow and Kiev have deteriorated since a pro-Western government came to power after the 2014 revolt against a pro-Russian leader, and outbreak of war in eastern Ukraine.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">A total of 567 individuals and 75 Ukranian companies now face Russian economic sanctions, which put a freeze on any assets they have in Russia.</span><br />