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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:

(a)

‘brokering services’ means:

(i)

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

(ii)

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;

(b)

‘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:

(i)

a claim for performance of any obligation arising under or in connection with a contract or transaction;

(ii)

a claim for extension or payment of a bond, financial guarantee or indemnity of whatever form;

(iii)

a claim for compensation in respect of a contract or transaction;

(iv)

a counterclaim;

(v)

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;

(c)

‘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;

(d)

‘competent authorities’ means the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex III;

(e)

‘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;

(f)

‘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;

(g)

‘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;

(h)

‘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;

(i)

‘funds’ means financial assets and benefit of every kind, including, but not limited to:

(i)

cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments;

(ii)

deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;

(iii)

publicly and privately-traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts;

(iv)

interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets;

(v)

credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments;

(vi)

letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;

(vii)

documents showing evidence of an interest in funds or financial resources;

(j)

‘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;

(k)

‘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:

(a)

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;

(b)

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;

(c)

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.

Paragraph 1 shall not apply to protective equipment temporarily exported to Russia by UN personnel, personnel of the Union or its Member States, representatives of the media, and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel for their personal use only.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment which might be used for internal repression as listed in Annex I, and associated financing and financial and technical assistance, intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, for institution-building programmes of the UN or the Union, or for crisis-management operations of the UN and of the Union or of regional and subregional organisations.

The authorisations referred to in paragraph 3 may be granted only prior to the activity for which they are requested. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this Article within 4 weeks of the authorisation.

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:

(a)

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;

(b)

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

It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, equipment, technology or software listed in Annex II, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia, unless the competent authority of the relevant Member State has given prior authorisation.

The competent authorities shall not grant any authorisation under paragraph 1 if they have reasonable grounds to determine that the equipment, technology or software in question would be used for internal repression by Russia’s government, public bodies, corporations or agencies, or any person or entity acting on their behalf or at their direction.

Annex II shall include information security and telecommunications equipment, technology or software that could be misused for internal repression.

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:

(a)

(b)

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.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this Article within 4 weeks of the authorisation.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation denied under this Article within 4 weeks of that denial.

This Article is without prejudice to Article 2a of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014.

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:

(a)

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;

(b)

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;

(c)

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.

For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 1, the prohibition on maintenance and repair of the relevant equipment includes a prohibition on the maintenance, update and repair of any embedded software that is incorporated into the equipment.

For the purposes of point (c) of paragraph 1, ‘telecommunication or internet monitoring or interception services’ means those services that provide, in particular using equipment, technology or software listed in Annex II, access to and delivery of a subject’s incoming and outgoing telecommunications and call-associated data for the purposes of its extraction, decoding, recording, processing, analysis or storing, or any other related activity.

Article 5

The prohibitions in Articles 2(1) and 3(1) shall apply where equipment, technology or software not listed in Annexes I and II, are intended, in their entirety or in part, for use in connection with internal repression in Russia. Where the operator becomes aware of this, it shall immediately notify the competent authorities.

The prohibitions in Articles 2(1) and 3(1) shall not apply where the operator had no reason to suspect that the equipment, technology or software not listed in Annexes I and II are intended, in their entirety or in part, for use in connection with internal repression in Russia.

Article 6

All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by any natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex IV shall be frozen.

No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex IV.

Annex IV shall include natural or legal persons, entities or bodies that:

(a)

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;

(b)

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;

(c)

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:

(a)

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;

(b)

intended exclusively for the payment of reasonable professional fees or the reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;

(c)

intended exclusively for the payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;

(d)

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;

(e)

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;

(f)

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;

(g)

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

(h)

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.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 1 within 2 weeks of the authorisation.

Article 8

In the absence of a negative decision, a request for information or a notification for additional time from the relevant competent authority within 5 working days of the date of receipt of a request for authorisation under paragraph 1, that authorisation shall be considered granted.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this Article within 4 weeks of the authorisation.

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:

(a)

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;

(b)

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;

(c)

the decision is not for the benefit of a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex IV; and

(d)

recognising the decision is not contrary to public policy in the Member State concerned.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 1 within 2 weeks of the authorisation.

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:

(a)

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

(b)

the payment is not in breach of Article 6(2).

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 1 within 2 weeks of the authorisation.

Article 11

Article 6(2) shall not prevent the crediting of frozen accounts by financial or credit institutions that receive funds transferred by third parties onto the account of a listed natural or legal person, entity or body, provided that any additions to such accounts will also be frozen. The financial or credit institution shall inform the relevant competent authority about any such transaction without delay.

Article 6(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of:

(a)

interest or other earnings on those accounts;

(b)

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

(c)

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:

(a)

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

(b)

cooperate with the competent authority in any verification of the information referred to in point (a).

Paragraph 1 shall apply subject to national or other applicable rules regarding the confidentiality of information held by judicial authorities, and consistent with respect for the confidentiality of communications between lawyers and their clients guaranteed by Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. For that purpose, such communications include those relating to legal advice provided by other certified professionals who are authorised under national law to represent their clients in judicial proceedings, insofar as such legal advice is provided in connection with pending or prospective judicial proceedings.

Any additional information received directly by the Commission shall be made available to the Member States.

Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.

The competent authorities, including enforcement authorities, customs authorities within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ), competent authorities within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ), Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) and Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ), as well as administrators of official registers wherein natural persons, legal persons, entities and bodies as well as immovable or movable property are registered, shall process and exchange without delay information, including personal data and, if necessary, the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, with other competent authorities of their Member State, of other Member States and the Commission, if such processing and exchange is necessary to carry out the tasks of the processing authority or the receiving authority under this Regulation, in particular when they detect instances of a breach or circumvention, or attempts at a breach or circumvention, of the prohibitions set out in this Regulation.

Article 13

It shall be prohibited to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the measures referred to in this Regulation.

Natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex IV, shall:

(a)

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

(b)

cooperate with the competent authority in any verification of such information.

Failure to comply with paragraph 2 of this Article shall be considered as participation, as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the measures referred to in Article 6.

The Member State concerned shall inform the Commission within 2 weeks of the information received pursuant to point (a) of paragraph 2.

Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.

Any processing of personal data shall be carried out in accordance with this Regulation and with Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725 and only in so far as necessary for the application of this Regulation.

Article 14

The freezing of funds and economic resources or the refusal to make funds or economic resources available, carried out in good faith on the basis that such action is in accordance with this Regulation, shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal person or entity or body implementing it, or its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the funds and economic resources were frozen or withheld as a result of negligence.

Actions by natural or legal persons, entities or bodies shall not give rise to any liability of any kind on their part if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe the measures set out in this Regulation.

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:

(a)

natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex IV;

(b)

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).

In any proceedings for the enforcement of a claim, the onus of proving that satisfying the claim is not prohibited by paragraph 1 shall be on the natural or legal person, entity or body seeking the enforcement of that claim.

This Article is without prejudice to the right of the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in paragraph 1 to judicial review of the legality of the non-performance of contractual obligations in accordance with this Regulation.

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:

(a)

funds frozen under Article 6 and authorisations granted under the derogations set out in this Regulation;

(b)

violation and enforcement problems and judgments handed down by national courts.

The Member States shall immediately inform each other and the Commission of any other relevant information at their disposal which might affect the effective implementation of this Regulation.

Article 17

Where the Council decides to subject a natural or legal person, entity or body to the measures referred to in Article 2, it shall amend Annex IV accordingly.

The Council shall communicate a decision pursuant to paragraph 1, including the grounds for the listing, to the natural or legal person, entity or body concerned, either directly, if the address is known and if such communication can be effected, or through the publication of a notice, providing that natural or legal person, entity or body with an opportunity to submit observations.

Where observations are submitted, or where substantial new evidence is presented, the Council shall review the decision concerned and inform the natural or legal person, entity or body concerned accordingly.

The list in Annex IV shall be reviewed at regular intervals and at least every 12 months.

The Commission shall be empowered to amend Annex III on the basis of information supplied by Member States.

Article 18

Annex IV shall include the grounds for the listing of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies concerned.

Annex IV shall contain, where available, the information necessary to identify the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies concerned. With regard to natural persons, such information may include: names and aliases; date and place of birth; nationality; passport and identity card numbers; gender; address, if known; and function or profession. With regard to legal persons, entities or bodies, such information may include names, place and date of registration, registration number and place of business.

Article 19

Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall also provide for appropriate measures of confiscation of the proceeds of such infringements.

Member States shall notify the Commission of the rules referred to in paragraph 1 without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment thereto.

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:

(a)

as regards the Council, preparing and making amendments to Annex IV;

(b)

as regards the High Representative, preparing amendments to Annex IV;

(c)

as regards the Commission:

(i)

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;

(ii)

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.

The Council, the Commission and the High Representative shall process, where applicable, relevant data relating to criminal offences committed by listed natural persons, to criminal convictions of such persons or to security measures concerning such persons only to the extent that such processing is necessary for the preparation of Annex IV.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the Council, the Commission and the High Representative are designated as ‘controller’ within the meaning of Article 3, point 8, of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 in order to ensure that the natural persons concerned can exercise their rights under that Regulation.

Article 21

Member States shall designate the competent authorities referred to in this Regulation and identify them on the websites listed in Annex III. Member States shall notify the Commission of any changes in the addresses of their websites listed in Annex III.

Member States shall notify the Commission of their competent authorities, including the contact details of those competent authorities, without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation, and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment thereto.

Where this Regulation sets out a requirement to notify, inform or otherwise communicate with the Commission, the address and other contact details to be used for such communication shall be those listed in Annex III.

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:

(a)

within the territory of the Union, including its airspace;

(b)

on board any aircraft or vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State;

(c)

to any natural person inside or outside the territory of the Union who is a national of a Member State;

(d)

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;

(e)

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

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.

2.	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.

3.	Bombs and grenades not controlled by the Common Military List.

4.	Other explosives not controlled by the Common Military List and related substances as follows: a. amatol; b. nitroglycol; c. picryl chloride.

5.	Razor barbed wire.

6.	Military knives, combat knives and bayonets with blade lengths in excess of 10 cm.

7.	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:

(a)

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;

(b)

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:

(i)

over-the-counter transactions;

(ii)

mail order transactions;

(iii)

electronic transactions; or

(iv)

telephone order transactions;

(c)

software which is in the public domain; or

(d)

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

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Deep Packet Inspection equipment

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Network Interception equipment including Interception Management Equipment (IMS) and Data Retention Link Intelligence equipment

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Radio Frequency monitoring equipment

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Network and Satellite jamming equipment

—

Remote Infection equipment

—

Speaker recognition/processing equipment

—

IMSI (4), MSISDN (5), IMEI (6), TMSI (7) interception and monitoring equipment

—

Tactical SMS (8) / GSM (9) / GPS (10) / GPRS (11) / UMTS (12) / CDMA (13)/PSTN (14) interception and monitoring equipment

—

DHCP (15) / SMTP (16), GTP (17) information interception and monitoring equipment

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Pattern Recognition and Pattern Profiling equipment

—

Remote Forensics equipment

—

Semantic Processing Engine equipment

—

WEP and WPA code breaking equipment

—

Interception equipment for VoIP proprietary and standard protocol

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

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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

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ANNEX IV

List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 6

Α. Natural persons

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Name

Identifying information

Statement of Reasons

Date of listing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

Elena Sergeevna ASTAKHOVA

(Елена Сергеевна АСТАХОВА)

Position: Judge in the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow

DOB: 30.3.1978

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

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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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17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

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20.

Olesya Anatoleyevna MENDELEYEVA

(Олеся Анатольевна МЕНДЕЛЕЕВА)

Position: judge of the Meshchansky Court of Moscow

DOB: 18.4.1981

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

Olesya Mendeleyeva is a judge of the Meshchansky Court of Moscow. She sentenced Alexei Gorinov, local activist and municipal deputy, to 7 years imprisonment on politically-motivated charges pursuant to Article 207.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the dissemination of deliberately false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The basis for the sentencing was Gorinov’s opinion expressed during a meeting of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky municipal district that a children’s drawing competition following Russia’s aggression against Ukraine looked like a ‘feast during the plague’. The trial was swift and, according to independent experts, served as a tool to intimidate other dissenting Russian citizens. This sentence was one of the first sentences of imprisonment imposed by a Russian judge under Article 207.1 which was not suspended. During the trial, Judge Mendeleyeva regularly sided with the prosecution and refused almost all requests of the defence and the defendant, including a request to release him from custody due to a deteriorating health condition. Judge Mendeleyeva fully satisfied the prosecution’s demands and sentenced Gorinov to 7 years imprisonment for non-violent action. That imprisonment has led to a significant deterioration of his health condition in a penal colony and to inadequate medical care.

Therefore, Olesya Mendeleyeva is responsible for serious violations of human rights, for the repression of democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

21.

Olga Vladimirovna BALANDINA

(Ольга Владимировна БАЛАНДИНА)

Position: judge of the Sovetsky City Court of Kaliningrad Oblast

DOB: 5.6.1979

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

Olga Balandina is a judge of the Sovetsky City Court of Kaliningrad Oblast. She sentenced Igor Baryshnikov, local activist, to 7,5 years imprisonment on politically-motivated charges, pursuant to Article 207.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, for publishing posts about Russia’s bombardment of Mariupol and atrocities in Bucha. During the trial, despite an attending physician testifying under oath that imprisonment might prove fatal for Baryshnikov due to cystotomy and a catheter in his abdomen, the judge refused to conduct a forensic examination of the defendant’s health. Consequently, imprisonment has led to inadequate treatment in the penal colony and to the deterioration of Igor Baryshnikov’s health condition. The judge also refused to allow Igor Baryshnikov to attend his mother’s funeral when she passed away 1,5 months after the sentencing.

Therefore, Olga Balandina is responsible for serious violations of human rights, for the repression of democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

22.

Svetlana Fyodorovna ZHURAVLOVA

(Светлана Фёдоровна ЖУРАВЛЁВА)

Position: Senior Assistant of the Meshchansky Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office

DOB: 8.7.1988

Nationality: Russian

Address: 1 Krasnoselsky per. 5/14, 107140 Moscow

Svetlana Zhuravlova is a Senior Assistant of the Meshchansky Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office. She served as a prosecutor during Alexei Gorinov’s trial. Mr. Gorinov is a local activist and municipal deputy, who was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment on politically-motivated charges pursuant to Article 207.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the dissemination of deliberately false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The basis for the sentencing was Mr. Gorinov’s opinion expressed during a meeting of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky municipal district that a children’s drawing competition following Russia’s aggression against Ukraine looked like a ‘feast during the plague’. The trial was swift and, according to independent experts, served as a tool to intimidate other dissenting Russian citizens. This sentence was on of the first sentences of imprisonment imposed by a Russian judge under Article 207.1 which was not suspended. Prosecutor Zhuravlova opposed all defence requests which could have improved the situation of the defendant or clarified the legal situation, including a request to release Mr. Gorinov from the glass cage in which he had to stay during the trial, a request to release him from custody due to a deteriorating health condition and a request to determine whether Article 207.1 complied with the Russian constitution. The judge sided with Prosecutor Zhuravlova on all of the above-mentioned requests. Prosecutor Zhuravlova demanded that the court sentence Mr. Gorinov to 7 years imprisonment for non-violent action, which was fully satisfied by the judge. That imprisonment has led to the significant deterioration of his health condition in the penal colony and to inadequate medical care.

Therefore, Svetlana Zhuravlova is responsible for serious violations of human rights, for the repression of democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

23.

Alexey Sergeyevich KHARLAMOV

(Алексей Сергеевич ХАРЛАМОВ)

Position: Chairman of the Moscow Regional Court

DOB: 25.1.1975

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

Alexey Kharlamov is the Chairman of the Moscow Regional Court who was previously a judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Court.

In his position as member of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, in April 2018, he upheld the verdict against the opposition politician Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg in the Yves Rocher case even though, in October 2017, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia had violated the Navalny brothers’ right to a fair trial and punishment solely on the basis of the law. Consequently, Alexei Navalny was pronounced guilty and, as a result, imprisoned years later in a high-security penal colony in order to prevent him from taking part in political activities.

Therefore, Alexey Kharlamov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violating freedom of opinion and expression, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

24.

Tatiana Alexandrovna MOLITVINA

(Татьяна Александровна МОЛИТВИНА)

Position: judge of the Moscow City Court

DOB: 28.3.1987

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

Tatiana Molitvina is a judge of the Moscow City Court. Before her appointment to her present position, she was a judge of the Tverskoy District Court in the city of Moscow.

In her position as a judge of the Tverskoy District Court in the city of Moscow, she refused to accept a claim against the Prosecutor General, Yuri Chaika, and the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, made by Alexei Navalny and the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Mr. Navalny’s claim was one of several attempts to sue Yuri Chaika for defamation following the release of an investigative film by Mr. Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation that accused Chaika’s family members of involvement in illegal activities.

Therefore, Tatiana Molitvina is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violating freedom of opinion and expression, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

25.

Tatiana Anatolevna PETROVA

(Татьяна Анатольевна ПЕТРОВА)

Position: Deputy Chairwoman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

DOB: 27.7.1961

POB: Sychevka, Smolensk region

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

Tatiana Petrova is the Deputy Chairwoman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

In her position as member of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in April 2018, she upheld the verdict against the opposition politician Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg in the Yves Rocher case even though, in October 2017, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia had violated the Navalny brothers’ right to a fair trial and punishment. Consequently, Alexei Navalny was pronounced guilty and, as a result, was imprisoned years later in a high-security penal colony in order to prevent him from taking part in political activity.

Therefore, Tatiana Petrova is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violating freedom of opinion and expression and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

26.

Sergei Vladimirovich BOGDANOV

(Сергей Владимирович БОГДАНОВ)

Position: State Prosecutor of the Kirov oblast

DOB: Probably 1973

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

Sergei Bogdanov is a state prosecutor of the Kirov oblast, Russia.

He represented the state prosecutor’s office in several court hearings against Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov in the Kirovles case.

In July 2013, he requested 6 years imprisonment in a general regime penal colony for Mr. Navalny and 5 years for Mr. Ofitserov. Moreover, the state prosecution imposed an additional punishment on the defendants of a fine of 1 million RUB each.

In December 2016, the state prosecutor, Mr. Bogdanov presented a ‘similar indictment’ to the one filed in 2013. That happened despite the fact that, following the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation overturned the sentences against Mr. Navalny and Mr. Ofitserov and sent the case back for retrial.

In February 2017, at the retrial of the Kirovles case, Prosecutor Bogdanov delivered a speech similar to the one he delivered in 2013 and only added a comment on the decisions of the ECHR and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to overturn the sentencing of Mr. Navalny and Mr. Ofitserov. In his opinion, the reference to these decisions had no legal basis, since an independent trial was taking place and the ECHR verdict had no predetermined force. As a result, the court found Mr. Navalny and Mr. Ofitserov guilty and sentenced them to 5 and 4 years probation and a fine of 500 000 RUB each.

Therefore, Sergey Bogdanov is responsible for serious human rights violations and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

27.

Ekaterina Sergeevna FROLOVA

(Екатерина Сергеевна ФРОЛОВА)

Position: State prosecutor at the Prosecutor General’s Office

DOB: Around 1988

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

Associated entities: Criminal Justice Department of the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office

Ekaterina Frolova is a state prosecutor at the Prosecutor General’s Office.

In 2020, she was promoted from the Central Administrative District to prosecutor of the Criminal Justice Department of the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office. In that position, she acted as the prosecutor in several proceedings against Alexei Navalny. In February 2021, she supported in court the replacement of Alexei Navalny’s suspended sentence with a term of actual imprisonment in the Yves Rocher case, despite his treatment at the Charité clinic, the expiration of his probationary period and the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights. In the same month, she asked the court to find Mr. Navalny guilty of slander against WWII veteran Ignat Artemenko. After her participation in the Navalny trial, Ekaterina Frolova was promoted to state prosecutor at the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Therefore, Ekaterina Frolova is responsible for serious human rights violations and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

28.

Mikhail Yurevich KAZAKOV

(Михаил Юрьевич КАЗАКОВ)

Position: Judge of the Moscow City Court

DOB: 9.2.1976

Nationality: Russian

Gender: Male

Associated entities: Moscow City Court

Mikhail Kazakov is a Russian judge working in the Moscow City Court. In the proceedings to classify the Anti-Corruption Foundation, its legal entity, the Foundation for the Protection of Citizens’ Rights, and the Navalny headquarters as extremist organisations, he classified the materials in the case, preventing access to them for Alexei Navalny and his lawyers. In December 2021, Mr. Kazakov ruled to liquidate the Memorial Human Rights Center and its structural units.

Therefore, Mikhail Kazakov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violating freedom of association and freedom of opinion and expression, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

29.

Alexander Alexandrovich KEMEROV

(Александр Александрович КЕМЕРОВ)

Position: Investigator at the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo region

DOB: 27.9.1984

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

Alexander Kemerov is the investigator at the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo region, Kuzbass.

In that position, he was involved in the fabrication of the ‘extremism case’ against Alexei Navalny’s supporters, including Vadim Ostanin, the former head of the Navalny headquarters in Barnaul, as well as the fabricated fraud case against Alexei Navalny himself. Mr. Kemerov put pressure on the former employee of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, Fyodor Gorozhanko, to testify against Alexei Navalny in order to incriminate him.

Therefore, Alexander Kemerov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions. He is also responsible for violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

30.

Valentin Valentinovich ERSHOV

(Валентин Валентинович ЕРШОВ)

Position: Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Regional Court

DOB: 8.4.1985

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

Valentin Ershov is the Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Regional Court. In the past, he held the position of judge of the Presnensky District Court of Moscow, followed by the position of judge of the Moscow Regional Court.

In his position, in a politically motivated proceeding, he refused to process a lawsuit filed by Alexei Navalny and the Anti-Corruption Foundation against Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika and the editorial board of the electronic periodical ‘Ekho Moskvy’ for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation.

Therefore, Valentin Ershov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violating freedom of opinion and expression, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

31.

Ruslan Shavkyatovich NEVEROV

(Руслан Шавкатович НЕВЕРОВ)

Position: Investigator for especially important cases of the 1st control-zonal department of the procedural control and criminalistics department of the Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, colonel of justice

DOB: 22.6.1979

Nationality: Russian

Phone number: +7-905-503-1997

Ruslan Neverov is the investigator for especially important cases of the 1st control-zonal department of the procedural control and criminalistics department of the Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee.

In his position, in March 2021 in the proceeding in the 235th Garrison Military Court, he requested the dismissal of a complaint about the inaction of the Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee regarding the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in 2020 by Novichok nerve agent. The Court agreed to reject Mr. Navalny’s claim.

Therefore, Ruslan Neverov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violating freedom of opinion and expression, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

32.

Elena Alekseevna KOROBKOVA

(Елена Алексеевна КОРОБКОВА)

Position: Head of the Department for the Execution of Sentences not Related to the Isolation of Convicts from Society

DOB: 4.10.1970

Gender: female

Phone number: + 7-916-456-3230

Elena Korobkova is the head of the Department for the Execution of Sentences not Related to the Isolation of Convicts from Society. In 2020, Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok nerve agent and as a result was hospitalised in a serious condition in Berlin, Germany. Due to his condition, he was unable to attend the inspection ordered by the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) of the Russian Federation. Following that event, on December 29, 2020, the Penitentiary Inspectorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Moscow made a submission to the court to cancel Mr. Navalny’s suspended sentence and execute the sentence imposed by the court. Elena Korobkova, as a representative of FSIN, demanded that the opposition activist’s suspended sentence be replaced with a custodial one.

Therefore, Elena Korobkova is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violating freedom of opinion and expression, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

33.

Margarita Nikolaevna KOTOVA

(Маргарита Николаевна КОТОВА)

Position: Judge of the Moscow City Court; former Judge of the Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow

DOB: 25.6.1984

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

Address: Severodvinskaya Street, 11 Bldg. 1, Moscow, Russia, 127224

ITN: 771508948129

Phone number: + 7-926-288-0049

Margarita Kotova is a judge of the Moscow City Court. She was a judge of the Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow until 2022. In her former capacity, Judge Margarita Kotova found Alexei Navalny guilty in a court inside the maximum-security prison in Pokrov, 100 km east of Moscow where he is already serving a 2,5 -year sentence for violating parole while in recovery from poisoning. She sentenced Alexei Navalny to 9 years imprisonment in a maximum-security colony with a fine of 1,2 million RUB on a trumped-up case of fraud and insult to the court. Alexei Navalny was also accused of fraud in relation to donations and of insulting a judge. She also extended pre-trial detention for a man under false motives for his pro-Ukrainian views in breach of his rights of defence.

Therefore, Margarita Kotova is responsible for serious violations of the right of defence and of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

34.

Nadezhda Viktorovna TIKHONOVA

(Надежда Викторовна ТИХОНОВА)

Position: prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation

DOB: 23.9.1974

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

Nadezhda Tikhonova is a prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation. Nadezhda Tikhonova asked a court to find Alexei Navalny guilty and to sentence him to 13 years imprisonment and 2 years of restriction of liberty, with a fine of 1,2 million RUB in a fabricated case of fraud for collecting donations for the work of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, and of contempt of court.

Therefore, Nadezhda Tikhonova is responsible for serious violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

35.

Viktor Vladimirovich ROGOV

(Виктор Владимирович РОГОВ)

Position: Judge of the First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction

DOB: 26.5.1965

Phone number: + 7-919-075-0024

Viktor Rogov is a judge at the First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction. He upheld the sentences against politician Alexei Navalny and Daniel Kholodny, technical director of the YouTube channel ‘Navalny LIVE’. The Moscow City Court found Mr. Navalny guilty of creating an NGO that encroaches on the rights of citizens, financing extremism, creating an extremist community, involving minors in committing dangerous acts, and rehabilitating Nazism. Mr. Navalny was sentenced to 19 years imprisonment in a special regime colony and a fine of 500 000 RUB. Mr. Kholodny was found guilty of financing extremist activities and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in a general regime colony. After hearing the sentence, Mr. Navalny and Mr. Kholodny appealed the court’s decision at the First Court of Appeal in Moscow where judge Rogov refused their appeal and upheld the original decision. Mr. Rogov also upheld the decision sentencing opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony for charges of high treason, involvement in the activities of an undesirable group, and discrediting Russia’s armed forces.

Therefore, Viktor Rogov is responsible for serious violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

36.

Denis Gennadievich POPOV

(Денис Геннадьевич ПОПОВ)

Position: Prosecutor of the city of Moscow

DOB: 12.1.1972

POB: Sverdlovsk

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

TIN: 770970517335

Denis Popov is the prosecutor of the city of Moscow. He was appointed by President Putin in 2019. Mr. Popov is responsible for organising the state prosecution of Alexei Navalny and other opposition leaders and political activists in Moscow. He directly oversaw the recognition as extremist structures of organisations created by Alexei Navalny to support his political activities.

Therefore, Denis Popov is responsible for serious violations or abuses of human rights or for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of lawin Russia.

20.5.2025

37.

Alina Vladimirovna IBRAGIMOVA

(Елена Владимировна ИБРАГИМОВА)

Position: Judge of the Kirovsky District Court of Saint Petersburg

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

As judge of the Kirovsky District Court of Saint-Petersburg, Alina Ibragimova sentenced Olga Smirnova, architect and political activist, to 1 month imprisonment on politically-motivated charges for spreading so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army. Olga Smirnova was arrested for publishing anti-war information on social media in a VK-group.

Therefore, Alina Ibragimova is responsible for serious violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

38.

Olesya Igorevna KABOCHKINA

(Олеся Игоревна КАБОЧКИНА)

Position: Assistant Prosecutor of the Kalininsky District of Saint Petersburg

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

As assistant prosecutor of the Kalininsky District of Saint Petersburg, Olesya Kabochkina asked for a 7 year sentence of imprisonment for Ioann Kurmoyarov, blogger and priest, on politically-motivated charges for spreading so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army. Ioann Kurmoyarov was arrested for publishing video content on different social media platforms, where he criticised Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on Christian pacifist and Orthodox theological bases. Olesya Kabochkina also works as prosecutor in the case of Evgeny Bestuzhev who has been detained for spreading so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army.

Therefore, Olesya Kabochkina is responsible for serious violations of human rights, including violating freedom of opinion and expression, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

39.

Ulyana Andreyevna KALUGINA

(Ульяна Андреевна КАЛУГИНА)

Position: Deputy Prosecutor of the Kalininsky District of Saint Petersburg

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

As deputy prosecutor of the Kalininsky District of Saint Petersburg, Ulyana Kalugina asked for compulsory medical measures for Viktoria Petrova, manager, on politically-motivated charges for spreading so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army. Ms Petrova was arrested for sharing anti-war YouTube-videos such as material from Maksim Kants, Aleksandr Nevzorov and the Ukrainian president Zelensky on her personal VK-page. Ulyana Kalugina also acted as prosecutor in the beginning of Ioann Kurmoyarov’s case, asking for a prison sentence for spreading so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army.

Therefore, Ulyana Kalugina is responsible for serious violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

40.

Dmitry Alekseyevich MIHAILOV

(Дмитрий Алексеевич МИХАЙЛОВ)

Position: Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Karelia

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

As judge of the Supreme Court of Republic of Karelia in Petrozavodsk, Dmitry Mihailov sentenced Sergey Drugov, blogger and activist, to 2 years of forced labour on politically-motivated charges for so-called ‘rehabilitation of Nazism’. Drugov was arrested for reposting anti-war information on his Telegram-channel, which was followed by approximately 67 people.

Therefore, Dmitry Mihailov is responsible for serious violations of human rights, including violating freedom of opinion and expression, for the repression of civil society, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

41.

Natalya Vladimirovna PETROVA

(Наталья Владимировна ПЕТРОВА)

Position: Judge of the Kirovsky District Court of Saint Petersburg

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

As judge of the Kirovsky District Court of Saint Petersburg, Natalya Petrova sentenced Olga Smirnova, architect and political activist, to 6 years imprisonment on politically-motivated charges for spreading so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army. Olga Smirnova was arrested for publishing anti-war information on social media in a VK-group.

Therefore, Natalya Petrova is responsible for serious violations of human rights, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

42.

Gennadi Yuvinaliyevich PILEHIN

(Геннадий Ювиналиевич ПИЛЕХИН)

Position: Judge of the Kalininsky District Court of Saint Petersburg

DOB: 11.8.1972

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

Address: st. Vosstaniya, 17, St. Petersburg, Russia, 191036 Apartment 2

As judge of the Kalininsky District Court of Saint Petersburg, Gennadi Pilehin sentenced Viktoria Petrova, manager, to compulsory medical measures on politically-motivated charges for spreading so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army. Ms Petrova was arrested for sharing anti-war YouTube-videos such as material from Maksim Kants, Aleksandr Nevzorov and the Ukrainian president Zelensky on her personal VK-page.

Therefore, Gennadi Pilehin is responsible for serious violations of human rights, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

43.

Ekaterina Feliksovna TIAMINA

(Екатерина Феликсовна ТЯМИНА)

Position: Judge of the Kalininsky District Court of Saint Petersburg

Nationality: Russian

Gender: female

As judge of the Kalininsky District Court of Saint Petersburg, Ekaterina Tiamina sentenced Ioann Kurmoyarov, blogger and priest, to 3 years imprisonment on politically-motivated charges for spreading so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army. Ioann Kurmoyarov was arrested for publishing video content on different social media platforms, where he criticised Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on Christian pacifist and Orthodox theological bases.

Ekaterina Tiamina also prolonged the incarceration of Viktoria Petrova, manager, on politically-motivated charges for spreading so-called ‘fake news’ about the Russian army. Ms Petrova was arrested for sharing anti-war YouTube-videos such as material from Maksim Kants, Aleksandr Nevzorov and the Ukrainian president Zelensky on her personal VK-page.

Therefore, Ekaterina Tiamina is responsible for serious violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, for the repression of civil society, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

44.

Vyacheslav Vasilyevich VITUKHIN

(Вячеслав Васильевич ВИТУХИН)

Position: Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

As prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Vyacheslav Vitukhin asked for a 2 year sentence of imprisonment for Sergey Drugov, blogger and activist, on politically motivated charges for so-called ‘rehabilitation of Nazism’. Drugov was arrested for reposting anti-war information on his Telegram-channel, which was followed by approximately 67 people.

Therefore, Vyacheslav Vitukhin is responsible for serious violations of human rights, including violating freedom of opinion and expression, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

45.

Yulia Viacheslavovna SHILOVA

(Юлия Вячеславовна ШИЛОВА)

Position: Federal Judge at Court district Petushinsky in Russia

Nationality: Russian

Date of birth: 28.9.1990

Place of birth (town, country): Tulaga, Gorkovskaya Oblast, USSR (Currently: Nizhegorodskaya Oblast, Russian Federation)

Gender: female

Yulia Shilova is a federal judge at Court district Petushinsky in Russia. She was appointed in 2022 by decree of Vladimir Putin. Yulia Shilova was the appointed judge in a politically motivated case, namely the trial concerning the three lawyers of the late Alexei Navalny: V. Kobzev, I. Sergunin and A. Liptser. Those lawyers were arrested in October 2023 while the trials against Alexei Navalny were ongoing. The court proceedings against the lawyers took place behind closed doors from September 2024 until late December 2024. The trial was characterised by arbitrary and unfair proceedings authorised by Yulia Shilova, including hearings behind closed doors, and the making of a decision by her to sentence the lawyers of the late Alexei Navalny on arbitrary grounds. Judge Yulia Shilova has arbitrarily sentenced the three lawyers of Alexei Navalny based on their alleged ‘extremist activities’.

Yulia Shilova is therefore responsible for serious violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to a fair trial, as well as for the repression of civil society, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

46.

Andrei Valerievich KATKOV

(Андрей Валерьевич КАТКОВ)

Position: Head of the Department of State Prosecutors of the Vladimir Region

Nationality: Russian

Date of birth: 28.8.1979

Place of birth (town, country): Unknown

Gender: male

Andrei Katkov is Head of the Department of State Prosecutors of the Vladimir Region Prosecutor’s Office in Russia. Andrei Katkov was the prosecutor in the politically motivated case against the three lawyers of late Aleksei Navalny: V. Kobzev, I. Sergunin and A. Liptser. The lawyers were arrested in October 2023 while Navalny’s trial was still ongoing. The court proceedings against the lawyers took place behind closed doors from September 2024 until late December 2024.

As State Prosecutor, Andrei Katkov pleaded for maximum sentences for the lawyers based on arbitrary grounds, while basing his claims on information violating attorney-client privilege. The charges were politically motivated and focused on the ‘extremist community’ to which the lawyers of Alexei Navalny belonged, according to the reasoning of Andrei Katkov, belonged. The trial was characterised by arbitrary and unfair proceedings and the decision to sentence the lawyers of the late Alexei Navalny was made by the appointed judge on arbitrary grounds.

Andrei Katkov is therefore responsible for serious violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to a fair trial, as well as for the repression of civil society, and for activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

47.

Natalia Vladimirovna BORISENKOVA

(Наталья Владимировна БОРИСЕНКОВА)

Position: Judge and Deputy Chairman at Nagatinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia

Nationality: Russian

Date of birth: 12.8.1979

Place of birth (town, country): Unknown, Russian Federation

Gender: female

Natalia Borisenkova is a judge and Deputy Chairman at Nagatinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. She was appointed in 2012 by decree of President Vladimir Putin.

Natalia Borisenkova was the appointed judge in a politically motivated case, namely the trial concerning four journalists, K. Gabov, S. Karelin, A. Kriger and A. Favorskaya, who wrote about the late Alexei Navalny. The court proceedings against the journalists took place behind closed doors from August 2024 until 15 April 2025. Judge Natalia Borisenkova sentenced the four journalists to terms of imprisonment of 5.5 years for their alleged ‘involvement in an ‘extremist’ group’, namely the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) of late Alexei Navalny. The trial was characterised by arbitrary and unfair proceedings authorised by Natalia Borisenkova, with hearings taking place behind closed doors. The decision to sentence the journalists was made by Natalia Borisenkova on arbitrary grounds, invoking alleged ‘extremist activities’ which is an allegation used extensively in Russia against opposition groups.

Natalia Borisenkova is therefore responsible for serious violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to a fair trial, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for activities seriously undermining democracy and the rule of law in Russia.

20.5.2025

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Name

Identifying information

Statement of Reasons

Date of listing

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).

		Official Journal
		No	page	date
►M1	COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1488 of 27 May 2024	L 1488	1	27.5.2024
►M2	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2465 of 10 September 2024	L 2465	1	12.9.2024
►M3	COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/958 of 20 May 2025	L 958	1	20.5.2025