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Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 of 27 May 2024 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Russia
Consolidated text: Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 of 27 May 2024 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Russia
Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 of 27 May 2024 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Russia
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2024/1485 of 27 May 2024 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Russia (OJ L 1485 27.5.2024, p. 1) |
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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1488 of 27 May 2024 |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2465 of 10 September 2024 |
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Corrected by:
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2024/1485
of 27 May 2024
concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Russia
Article 1
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
‘brokering services’ means:
the negotiation or arrangement of transactions for the purchase, sale or supply of goods and technology or of financial and technical services, including from a third country to any other third country; or
the selling or buying of goods and technology or of financial and technical services, including where they are located in third countries for their transfer to another third country;
‘claim’ means any claim, whether asserted by legal proceedings or not, made before or after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, under or in connection with a contract or transaction, and in particular:
a claim for performance of any obligation arising under or in connection with a contract or transaction;
a claim for extension or payment of a bond, financial guarantee or indemnity of whatever form;
a claim for compensation in respect of a contract or transaction;
a counterclaim;
a claim for the recognition or enforcement, including by the procedure of exequatur, of a judgment, an arbitration award or an equivalent decision, wherever made or given;
‘contract or transaction’ means any transaction of whatever form and whatever the applicable law, whether comprising one or more contracts or similar obligations made between the same or different parties; for that purpose ‘contract’ includes a bond, guarantee or indemnity, particularly a financial guarantee or financial indemnity, and credit, whether legally independent or not, as well as any related provision arising under, or in connection with, the transaction;
‘competent authorities’ means the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex III;
‘economic resources’ means assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds, but may be used to obtain funds, goods or services;
‘financing or financial assistance’ means any action, irrespective of the particular means chosen, whereby the natural or legal person, entity or body concerned, conditionally or unconditionally, disburses or commits to disburse its own funds or economic resources, including but not limited to grants, loans, guarantees, suretyships, bonds, letters of credit, supplier credits, buyer credits, import or export advances and all types of insurance and reinsurance, including export credit insurance; payment as well as terms and conditions of payment of the agreed price for a good or a service, made in line with normal business practice, do not constitute financing or financial assistance;
‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing the use of economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them;
‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio management;
‘funds’ means financial assets and benefit of every kind, including, but not limited to:
cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments;
deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;
publicly and privately-traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts;
interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets;
credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments;
letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;
documents showing evidence of an interest in funds or financial resources;
‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services, including verbal forms of assistance;
‘territory of the Union’ means the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty on European Union applies, under the conditions laid down therein, including their airspace.
Article 2
It shall be prohibited:
to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, equipment which might be used for internal repression as listed in Annex I, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;
to provide technical assistance or brokering services related to the equipment referred to in point (a), directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;
to provide financing or financial assistance, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, as well as insurance and reinsurance, related to the equipment referred to in point (a), directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer, export or provision of the assistance or services referred to therein after having determined that this is necessary for:
the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States or partner countries in Russia, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Russia enjoying immunities in accordance with international law;
the provision of electronic communication services by Union telecommunication operators, for the provision of associated facilities and services necessary for the operation, maintenance and security of such electronic communication services, in Russia, in Ukraine, in the Union, between Russia and the Union, and between Ukraine and the Union, and for data centre services in the Union.
Article 3
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer, export, or provision of the services referred to therein, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that this is necessary for:
the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States or partner countries in Russia, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Russia enjoying immunities in accordance with international law;
the provision of electronic communication services by Union telecommunication operators necessary for the operation, maintenance and security, including cybersecurity, of electronic communication services, in Russia, in Ukraine, in the Union, between Russia and the Union, and between Ukraine and the Union, and for data centre services in the Union.
Article 4
Unless the competent authority of the relevant Member State has given prior authorisation in accordance with Article 3(1), it shall be prohibited to:
provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or brokering services related to the equipment, technology and software listed in Annex II, related to the installation, provision, manufacture, maintenance, repair and use of the equipment and technology listed in Annex II, or related to the provision, installation, operation or updating of any software listed in Annex II to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;
provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to the equipment, technology and software listed in Annex II to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;
provide any telecommunication or internet monitoring or interception services to, or for the direct or indirect benefit of, Russia’s government, public bodies, corporations and agencies or any person or entity acting on their behalf or at their direction.
Article 5
Article 6
Annex IV shall include natural or legal persons, entities or bodies that:
are responsible for serious violations or abuses of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, or whose activities otherwise seriously undermine democracy or the rule of law in Russia;
provide financial, technical, or material support for, or are otherwise involved in, acts set out in point (a), including by planning, directing, ordering, assisting, preparing, facilitating, or encouraging such acts;
are associated with the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in point (a) or (b).
Article 7
By way of derogation from Article 6(1) and (2), the competent authorities may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are:
necessary to satisfy the basic needs of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex IV, and dependent family members of such natural persons, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;
intended exclusively for the payment of reasonable professional fees or the reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;
intended exclusively for the payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;
necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the relevant competent authority has notified the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted, at least 2 weeks prior to the authorisation;
to be paid into or from an account of a diplomatic mission or consular post or an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, insofar as such payments are intended to be used for official purposes of the diplomatic or consular mission or international organisation;
necessary for the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States or partner countries in Russia, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Russia enjoying immunities in accordance with international law;
necessary for the provision of electronic communication services by Union telecommunication operators, for the provision of associated facilities and services necessary for the operation, maintenance and security of such electronic communication services, in Russia, in Ukraine, in the Union, between Russia and the Union, and between Ukraine and the Union, and for data centre services in the Union; or
necessary for the sale and transfer by 28 August 2024, or within 6 months from the date of listing in Annex IV, whichever is latest, of proprietary rights in a legal person, entity or body established in the Union where those proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned by a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex IV, and after having determined that the proceeds of such sale and transfer remain frozen.
Article 8
Article 9
By way of derogation from Article 6(1), the competent authorities may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, provided that the following conditions are met:
the funds or economic resources are the subject of an arbitral decision rendered prior to the date on which the natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in Article 6 was listed in Annex IV, or of a judicial or administrative decision rendered in the Union, or a judicial decision enforceable in the Member State concerned, prior to or after that date;
the funds or economic resources will be used exclusively to satisfy claims secured by such a decision or recognised as valid in such a decision, within the limits set by applicable laws and regulations governing the rights of persons having such claims;
the decision is not for the benefit of a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex IV; and
recognising the decision is not contrary to public policy in the Member State concerned.
Article 10
By way of derogation from Article 6(1) and provided that a payment by a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex IV is due under a contract or agreement that was concluded by, or an obligation that arose for, the natural or legal person, entity or body concerned, before the date on which that natural or legal person, entity or body was included in Annex IV, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, provided that the competent authority concerned has determined that:
the funds or economic resources will be used for a payment by a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex IV; and
the payment is not in breach of Article 6(2).
Article 11
Article 6(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of:
interest or other earnings on those accounts;
payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that were concluded or arose before the date on which the natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in Article 6 was included in Annex IV; or
payments due under judicial, administrative or arbitral decisions rendered in a Member State or enforceable in the Member State concerned,
provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments are frozen in accordance with Article 6(1).
Article 12
Natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall:
supply immediately any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as information on accounts and amounts frozen in accordance with Article 6(1) or information held about funds and economic resources within Union territory belonging to, owned, held or controlled by natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex IV and which have not been treated as frozen by the natural and legal persons, entities and bodies obliged to do so, to the competent authority of the Member State where they are resident or located, and transmit such information, directly or through the Member State, to the Commission; and
cooperate with the competent authority in any verification of the information referred to in point (a).
Article 13
Natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex IV, shall:
report within 6 weeks from the date of listing in Annex IV funds or economic resources within the jurisdiction of a Member State belonging to, owned, held or controlled by them, to the competent authority of the Member State where those funds or economic resources are located; and
cooperate with the competent authority in any verification of such information.
Article 14
Article 15
No claims in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which has been affected, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the measures imposed under this Regulation, including claims for indemnity or any other claim of this type, such as a claim for compensation or a claim under a guarantee, in particular a claim for extension or payment of a bond, guarantee or indemnity, in particular a financial guarantee or financial indemnity, of whatever form, shall be satisfied, if they are made by:
natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex IV;
any natural or legal person, entity or body acting through or on behalf of one of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in point (a).
Article 16
The Commission and Member States shall inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and share any other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular information in respect of:
funds frozen under Article 6 and authorisations granted under the derogations set out in this Regulation;
violation and enforcement problems and judgments handed down by national courts.
Article 17
Article 18
Article 19
Article 20
The Council, the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) may process personal data in order to carry out their tasks under this Regulation. Those tasks include:
as regards the Council, preparing and making amendments to Annex IV;
as regards the High Representative, preparing amendments to Annex IV;
as regards the Commission:
adding the contents of Annex IV to the electronic, consolidated list of natural and legal persons, groups and entities subject to Union financial sanctions and to the interactive sanctions map, both of which are publicly available;
processing information on the impact of the measures of this Regulation, such as the value of frozen funds and information on authorisations granted by the competent authorities.
Article 21
Article 22
Any information provided to or received in accordance with this Regulation shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.
Article 23
This Regulation shall apply:
within the territory of the Union, including its airspace;
on board any aircraft or vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State;
to any natural person inside or outside the territory of the Union who is a national of a Member State;
to any legal person, entity or body, inside or outside the territory of the Union, which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State;
to any legal person, entity or body in respect of any business done in whole or in part within the Union.
Article 24
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
List of equipment which might be used for internal repression as referred to in Article 2
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Firearms, ammunition and related accessories therefor, as follows: 1.1. Firearms not controlled by ML 1 and ML 2 of the Common Military List of the European Union (ft) (‘Common Military List’); 1.2. Ammunition specially designed for the firearms listed in item 1.1 and specially designed components therefor. |
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Simulators, other than those controlled by ML 14 of the Common Military List, for training in the use of firearms, and specially designed software therefor. |
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Bombs and grenades not controlled by the Common Military List. |
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Other explosives not controlled by the Common Military List and related substances as follows:
a.
amatol;
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nitroglycol;
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picryl chloride. |
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Razor barbed wire. |
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Military knives, combat knives and bayonets with blade lengths in excess of 10 cm. |
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Production equipment specially designed for the items listed in this Annex. |
ANNEX II
List of equipment, technology and software referred to in Article 3
General Note
Notwithstanding the contents of this Annex, it shall not apply:
to equipment, technology or software which are specified in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ) or the Common Military List;
software which is designed for installation by the user without further substantial support by the supplier and which is generally available to the public by being sold from stock at retail selling points, without restriction, by means of:
over-the-counter transactions;
mail order transactions;
electronic transactions; or
telephone order transactions;
software which is in the public domain; or
where Article 2a of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 applies.
The sections A, B, C, D and E refer to the sections referred to in Regulation (EU) 2021/821.
List of equipment
Not used
Not used
‘Software’ for the ‘development’, ‘production’ or ‘use’ of the equipment specified in A above.
‘Technology’ for the ‘development’, ‘production’ or ‘use’ of the equipment specified in A above.
Equipment, technology and software under these sections fall within the scope of this Annex only to the extent that they fall within the general description ‘internet, telephone and satellite communications interception and monitoring systems’.
For the purpose of this Annex ‘monitoring’ means acquisition, extraction, decoding, recording, processing, analysis and archiving call content or network data.
Footnotes:
(4) IMSI stands for International Mobile Subscriber Identity. It is a unique identification code for each mobile telephony device, integrated in the SIM card and which allows identification of such SIM via GSM and UMTS networks.
(5) MSISDN stands for Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number. It is a number uniquely identifying a subscription in a GSM or a UMTS mobile network. Simply put, it is the telephone number to the SIM card in a mobile phone and therefore it identifies a mobile subscriber as well as IMSI, but to route calls through him.
(6) IMEI stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity. It is a number, usually unique to identify GSM, WCDMA and IDEN mobile phones as well as some satellite phones. It is usually found printed inside the battery compartment of the phone. Interception (wiretapping) can be specified by its IMEI number as well as IMSI and MSISDN.
(7) TMSI stands for Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity. It is the identity that is most commonly sent between the mobile and the network.
(8) SMS stands for Short Message System.
(9) GSM stands for Global System for Mobile Communications.
(10) GPS stands for Global Positioning System.
(11) GPRS stands for General Package Radio Service.
(12) UMTS stands for Universal Mobile Telecommunication System.
(13) CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access.
(14) PSTN stands for Public Switch Telephone Networks.
(15) DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
(16) SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
(17) GTP stands for GPRS Tunnelling Protocol.
ANNEX III
Websites for information on the competent authorities and address for notifications to the Commission
BELGIUM
https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/policy/policy_areas/peace_and_security/sanctions
BULGARIA
https://www.mfa.bg/en/EU-sanctions
CZECHIA
www.financnianalytickyurad.cz/mezinarodni-sankce.html
DENMARK
https://um.dk/udenrigspolitik/sanktioner/ansvarlige-myndigheder
GERMANY
https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Artikel/Aussenwirtschaft/embargos-aussenwirtschaftsrecht.html
ESTONIA
https://vm.ee/sanktsioonid-ekspordi-ja-relvastuskontroll/rahvusvahelised-sanktsioonid
IRELAND
https://www.dfa.ie/our-role-policies/ireland-in-the-eu/eu-restrictive-measures/
GREECE
http://www.mfa.gr/en/foreign-policy/global-issues/international-sanctions.html
SPAIN
https://www.exteriores.gob.es/es/PoliticaExterior/Paginas/SancionesInternacionales.aspx
FRANCE
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/autorites-sanctions/
CROATIA
https://mvep.gov.hr/vanjska-politika/medjunarodne-mjere-ogranicavanja/22955
ITALY
CYPRUS
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
HUNGARY
https://kormany.hu/kulgazdasagi-es-kulugyminiszterium/ensz-eu-szankcios-tajekoztato
MALTA
NETHERLANDS
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/internationale-sancties
AUSTRIA
https://www.bmeia.gv.at/themen/aussenpolitik/europa/eu-sanktionen-nationale-behoerden/
POLAND
https://www.gov.pl/web/dyplomacja/sankcje-miedzynarodowe
https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/international-sanctions
PORTUGAL
https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/politica-externa/medidas-restritivas
ROMANIA
SLOVENIA
http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/omejevalni_ukrepi
SLOVAKIA
https://www.mzv.sk/europske_zalezitosti/europske_politiky-sankcie_eu
FINLAND
SWEDEN
https://www.regeringen.se/sanktioner
Address for notifications to the European Commission:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA)
Rue de Spa 2/Spastraat 2
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel,
E-mail: relex-sanctions@ec.europa.eu
ANNEX IV
List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 6
Α. Natural persons
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Statement of Reasons |
Date of listing |
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Nikolai Pavlovich DUBOVIK (Николай Павлович ДУБОВИК) |
Position: Judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
Nikolai Pavlovich Dubovik is a judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. In his position, he refused to consider Alexei Navalny’s cassation appeal against the verdict in the ‘slander of a veteran’ trial. As a result, he politically discredited Alexei Navalny before the 2020 constitutional referendum in Russia. Therefore, Nikolai Pavlovich Dubovik is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Eduard Borisovich ERDYNIEV (Эдуард Борисович ЭРДЫНИЕВ) |
Position: Judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
Eduard Borisovich Erdyniev is a judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. In his position, he refused to consider Alexei Navalny’s cassation appeal against the decision to replace the probation sentence with a fully-fledged sentence. Consequently, Alexei Navalny was pronounced guilty and, years later, was imprisoned in a high-security penal colony in order to prevent him from engaging in political activity. Therefore, Eduard Borisovich Erdyniev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Andrey Vladimirovich FEDOROV (Андрей Владимирович ФЕДОРОВ / ФЁДОРОВ) |
Position: Judge of the Kirovsky District Court, city of Tomsk Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
Andrey Vladimirovich Fedorov is a Russian judge working in the Kirovsky District Court, city of Tomsk. In his position, he rejected the complaint about the inaction of the officials of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation of the Tomsk Oblast regarding the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. His decision resulted in the imprisonment of Alexei Navalny. Therefore, Andrey Vladimirovich Fedorov is responsible for activities which seriously undermine the rule of law in Russia. |
27.5.2024 |
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Ekaterina Vasilevna FEDOTOVA (NAUMOVA) (Екатерина Васильевна ФЕДОТОВА (НАУМОВА)) |
Position: Representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Khimki, Moscow Oblast DOB: 6.11.1995 Nationality: Russian Gender: female |
Ekaterina Vasilevna Fedotova (Naumova) works in the Representation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Khimki, Moscow Oblast. In her position, she took part in the court meeting of 18 January 2021, organised at a police station, and demanded the extension of the illegal detention of Alexei Navalny by 30 days. Therefore, Ekaterina Vasilevna Fedotova (Naumova) is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Inna Alexandrovna FESENKO (Инна Александровна ФЕСЕНКО) |
Position: Judge of the Kirovsky District Court, city of Tomsk DOB: 22.12.1968 Nationality: Russian Gender: female |
Inna Alexandrovna Fesenko is a Russian judge working in the Kirovsky District Court, city of Tomsk. In her position, she twice rejected complaints about the inaction of the Tomsk transport police regarding the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Furthermore, she imposed a ban on certain actions on Ksenia Fadeeva, the former head of Navalny’s organisation headquarters in Tomsk. Therefore, Inna Alexandrovna Fesenko is responsible for activities which seriously undermine the rule of law in Russia. |
27.5.2024 |
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Ekaterina Viktorovna GALYAUTDINOVA (Екатерина Викторовна ГАЛЯУТДИНОВА) |
Position: Judge of the Kirovsky District Court, city of Tomsk DOB: 1969 Nationality: Russian Gender: female |
Ekaterina Viktorovna Galyautdinova is a Russian judge working in the Kirovsky District Court, city of Tomsk. In her position, she twice rejected complaints about the inaction of the Tomsk Transport Police regarding the investigation into the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Therefore, Ekaterina Viktorovna Galyautdinova is responsible for activities which seriously undermine the rule of law in Russia. |
27.5.2024 |
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Dmitry Evgenevich PANKRATOV (Дмитрий Евгеньевич ПАНКРАТОВ) |
Position: Senior Investigator of the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Colonel of Justice DOB: 29.12.1967 Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
Dmitry Evgenevich Pankratov is a Senior Investigator of the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. In his position, he refused to initiate an investigation into the attempted murder of Alexei Navalny following Navalny’s was poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok. Therefore, Dmitry Evgenevich Pankratov is responsible for activities which seriously undermine the rule of law in Russia. |
27.5.2024 |
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Evgeniy Borisovich RASTORGUEV (Евгений Борисович РАСТОРГУЕВ) |
Position: Judge of the 9th Arbitration Court of Appeal, Russia DOB: 20.8.1970 POB: Vladimir Oblast, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
Evgeniy Borisovich Rastorguev is a judge of the 9th Arbitration Court of Appeal, Russia. In his position, he upheld the claim of the ‘Druzhba Narodov’ company against Alexei Navalny. Alexei Navalny had claimed, in his investigation, that the company is engaged in a corruption scheme with the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia). Therefore, Evgeniy Borisovich Rastorguev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression, and for activities which seriously undermine the rule of law in Russia. |
27.5.2024 |
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Alexander Sergeevich ERMOLENKO (Александр Сергеевич ЕРМОЛЕНКО) |
Position: Head of branch No 15 of the federal governmental institution ‘Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the City of Moscow’ DOB: 11.11.1993 Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
Alexander Sergeevich Ermolenko is the Head of branch No 15 of the federal governmental institution ‘Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the City of Moscow’. In his position, he supported the transformation of Alexei Navalny’s suspended sentence into a custodial sentence during the court hearing in the Yves Rocher case. Therefore, Alexander Sergeevich Ermolenko is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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10. |
Irina Geroldovna KIM (Ирина Герольдовна КИМ) |
Position: Judge of the Kovrov City Court of Vladimir Oblast DOB: 14.8.1978 Nationality: Russian Gender: female |
Irina Geroldovna Kim is a judge of the Kovrov City Court of Vladimir Oblast. As from 2022, she was directly involved in creating and maintaining torturous conditions for Alexei Navalny through repeatedly rejecting Alexei Navalny’s claims against the IK-6 penal colony regarding his treatment, where he was serving a sentence imposed as a result of politically motivated prosecution. Therefore, Irina Geroldovna Kim is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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11. |
Kirill Sergeevich NIKIFOROV (Кирилл Сергеевич НИКИФОРОВ) |
Position: Judge of the Kovrov City Court of Vladimir Oblast DOB: 14.3.1992 Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
Kirill Sergeevich Nikiforov is a judge of the Kovrov City Court of Vladimir Oblast. As from 2022, he was directly involved in creating and maintaining torturous conditions for Alexei Navalny through repeatedly rejecting Alexei Navalny’s claims against the IK-6 penal colony regarding his treatment, where he was serving a 12-year sentence imposed as a result of politically motivated prosecution. Therefore, Kirill Sergeevich Nikiforov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Sergey Vladimirovich BLINOV (Сергей Владимирович БЛИНОВ) |
Position: Judge of the Leninsky district Court of Kirov Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
Sergey Vladimirovich Blinov is a judge of the Leninsky District Court of Kirov. In 2013, he sentenced Alexei Navalny to 5 years and businessman Pyotr Ofitserov to 4 years in prison on embezzlement charges in the politically motivated trial of the ‘Kirovles case’. Additionally, they were fined 500 000 rubles each. Therefore, Sergey Vladimirovich Blinov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Evgeny Vladimirovich BORISOV (Евгений Владимирович БОРИСОВ) |
Position: judge of the Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
Evgeny Vladimirovich Borisov is a judge at the Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow. In 2015, he accepted the claim of the Kirovles company to recover 16 million rubles from Alexei Navalny and two other defendants in the politically motivated ‘Kirovles case’. Therefore, Evgeny Vladimirovich Borisov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Tatyana Stanislavovna DODONOVA (Татьяна Станиславовна ДОДОНОВА) |
Position: Judge of the Moscow City Court Nationality: Russian Gender: female |
Tatyana Stanislavovna Dodonova is a judge at the Moscow City Court. In 2014, she recognised the decision to place Alexei Navalny under house arrest as legal in the ‘Yves Rocher’ case. She has systematically been involved in cases against citizens of the Russian Federation who have opposed the political regime in Russia by sentencing arrested persons in connection with the 2019 Moscow Protests. Therefore, Tatyana Stanislavovna Dodonova is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Elena Sergeevna ASTAKHOVA (Елена Сергеевна АСТАХОВА) |
Position: Judge in the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow DOB: 30.3.1978 Nationality: Russian Gender: female ID NO. 45 01 525454 Taxpayer Personal Identification Number (ИНН): 7703204586 |
As judge of the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow, Elena Sergeevna Astakhova, sentenced Oleg Orlov, a prominent human rights defender and co-chairman of ‘Memorial’, to two years and six months in a general regime colony on politically motivated charges for speaking up against Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Oleg Orlov, aged 70, is one of the most respected and longest-serving human rights defenders in Russia, one of the leaders of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation Memorial Human Rights Defence Center (HRDC ‘Memorial’), which was liquidated as part of the systematic, wide-scale crackdown on the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association in Russia. Oleg Orlov was charged with and sentenced for allegedly ‘discrediting’ the Russian army after publishing an opinion piece in French media against Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, Elena Sergeevna Astakhova is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Olesya Yurievna VOROBYOVA (Олеся Юрьевна ВОРОБЬЕВА) |
Position: State Prosecutor DOB: 4.6.1981 |
As prosecutor in the politically motivated case against the prominent human rights defender Oleg Orlov, Olesya Yurievna Vorobyova asked to sentence Oleg Orlov to 2 years and 11 months in prison, arguing that Orlov’s article against Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine was motivated by ‘ideological hostility and hatred’. Oleg Orlov, aged 70, is one of the most respected and longest-serving human rights defenders in Russia, one of the leaders of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation Memorial Human Rights Defence Center (HRDC ‘Memorial’), which was liquidated as part of the systematic, wide-scale crackdown on the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association in Russia. Oleg Orlov was charged with and sentenced for allegedly ‘discrediting’ the Russian army after publishing an opinion piece in French media against Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, Olesya Yurievna Vorobyova is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Ilya Andreevich SAVCHENKO (Илья Андреевич САВЧЕНКО) |
Position: Investigator in the Investigative Department of Tver (Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation) DOB: 18.6.1997 POB: Rtishchevo — Saratov Region, Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
As investigator in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Ilya Andreevich Savchenko was assigned Oleg Orlov’s case and contributed to Orlov’s indictment for having published an opinion piece against Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Ilya Andreevich Savchenko established that Orlov had published the article guided by ‘ideological hostility against traditional Russian spiritual, moral and patriotic values’ and of hatred towards the social group ‘Russian militaries’. Therefore, investigator Ilya Andreevich Savchenko is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Oksana Vasilyevna DEMYASHEVA (Оксана Васильевна ДЕМЯШЕВА) |
Position: Judge in the Vasileostrovsky District Court of Saint Petersburg DOB: 10.3.1980 Nationality: Russian Gender: female |
As judge of the Vasileostrovsky District Court of Saint Petersburg, Oksana Vasilyevna Demyasheva sentenced Alexandra Skochilenko, an artist, to seven years in prison on politically-motivated charges for spreading so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army. Skochilenko was arrested for replacing price tags at a supermarket with anti-war stickers. She became one of the first people charged under the newly passed criminal law outlawing so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army, her trial attracting wide public attention for the unprecedented pressure Skochilenko faced from the jail administration, the judge, and the prosecution. Therefore, Oksana Vasilyevna Demyasheva is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
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Alexander Yurievich GLADYSHEV (Александр Юрьевич ГЛАДЫШЕВ) |
Position: Prosecutor in the Department of State Prosecutors/ Saint Petersburg Prosecutor’s Office DOB: 28.10.1994 Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
As prosecutor of the Prosector’s Office in Saint Petersburg, Alexander Yurievich Gladyshev asked for an eight-year prison sentence for Alexandra Skochilenko, an artist, on politically motivated charges of spreading ‘fake news’ about the army, after she was arrested for replacing price tags at a supermarket with anti-war stickers. Skochilenko became one of the first persons charged under the newly passed criminal law outlawing so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army, her trial attracting wide public attention for the unprecedented pressure Skochilenko faced from the jail administration, the judge, and the prosecution. Therefore, Alexander Yurievich Gladyshev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia by violating freedom of opinion and expression. |
27.5.2024 |
Β. Legal persons, entities and bodies
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FEDERAL PENITENTIARY SERVICE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (FSIN) ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА ИСПОЛНЕНИЯ НАКАЗАНИЙ (ФСИН) (RU) |
Address: Zhitnaya Street 14 Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow Website: http://www.fsin.su/eng |
The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (FSIN) is a federal agency under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice of Russia. FSIN is the federal authority for the detention of suspected and convicted persons, the security and maintenance of prisons in Russia, the transport of prisoners, and rehabilitation programmes. As such, FSIN is the central authority managing the Russian prison system, known for its widespread and systematic abuses against, and ill-treatment of, political prisoners in Russia. As a federal agency, FSIN is responsible for the penal colonies where Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was held on politically motivated charges and ultimately died on 16 February 2024. During his imprisonment, Alexei Navalny suffered abuses, including through solitary confinement in a punishment cell and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, leading to the severe deterioration of his health. Other political prisoners held in the Russian prison system under similarly harsh conditions of detention, are subjected to abuse and ill-treatment, which is meant to physically and psychologically break them. FSIN is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
27.5.2024 |
( ) Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).
( ) Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1).
( ) Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC (OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 73).
( ) Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 349).
( ) Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items (recast) (OJ L 206, 11.6.2021, p. 1).