Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/427 of 13 March 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

• Published date: 14 March 2015
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 70, 14 March 2015

14.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 70/1

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/427

of 13 March 2015

implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (1), and in particular Article 14(1) and (3) thereof.

Whereas:

(1) On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

(2) On the basis of a review by the Council, the entries in the Annex for fifty persons should be amended, and the entry for one deceased person should be deleted.

(3) Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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.

Done at Brussels, 13 March 2015.

For the Council

The President

A. MATĪSS

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(1) OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6.

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ANNEX

1. The entry set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning the person listed below is deleted: 39. Ludmila Ivanovna Shvetsova.

2.

The entries set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning the persons listed below are replaced by the following entries: Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 1. Sergey Valeryevich AKSYONOV, Sergei Valerievich AKSENOV (Сергей Валерьевич Аксёнов), Serhiy Valeriyovych AKSYONOV (Сергій Валерійович Аксьонов) Place of birth: Beltsy (Bălți), Moldova Date of birth: 26.11.1972. Aksyonov was elected ‘Prime Minister of Crimea’ in the Crimean Verkhovna Rada on 27 February 2014 in the presence of pro-Russian gunmen. His ‘election’ was decreed unconstitutional by Oleksandr Turchynov on 1 March 2014. He actively lobbied for the ‘referendum’ of 16 March 2014. As of 9 October 2014, the ‘Head’ of the so-called ‘Republic of Crimea’. 17.3.2014 26. Dmitry Konstantinovich KISELYOV, Dmitrii Konstantinovich KISELEV (Дмитрий Константинович Киселёв) Place of birth: Moscow Date of birth: 26.4.1954 Appointed by Presidential Decree on 9 December 2013 Head of the Russian Federal State news agency ‘Rossiya Segodnya’. Central figure of the government propaganda supporting the deployment of Russian forces in Ukraine. 21.3.2014 41. Igor Dmitrievich SERGUN (Игорь Дмитриевич Сергун) Place of birth: Podolsk, Moscow Oblast Date of birth: 28.3.1957 Director of GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate), Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General. Responsible for the activity of GRU officers in Eastern Ukraine. 29.4.2014 45. Andriy Yevgenovych PURGIN (Андрій Євгенович Пургін), Andrei Evgenevich PURGIN (Андрей Евгеньевич Пургин) Place of birth: Donetsk Date of birth: 26.1.1972 Former Head of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’, active participant and organiser of separatist actions, coordinator of actions of the ‘Russian tourists’ in Donetsk. Co-founder of a ‘Civic Initiative of Donbass for the Eurasian Union’. So-called ‘Chairman’ of the ‘People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic’. 29.4.2014 46. Denys Volodymyrovych PUSHYLIN (Денис Володимирович Пушилін), Denis Vladimirovich PUSHILIN (Денис Владимирович Пушилин) Place of birth: Makiivka (Donetsk oblast) Date of birth: 9.5.1981 or 9.5.1982 One of the leaders of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. Participated in the seizure and occupation of the regional administration. Active spokesperson for the separatists. So-called Deputy Chairman of the ‘People's Council’ of the so-called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. 29.4.2014. 52. Petr Grigorievich JAROSH (Петр Григорьевич Ярош) Date of birth: 30.1.1971 Acting Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Crimea. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea. 12.5.2014 54. Viacheslav PONOMARIOV, Vyacheslav Volodymyrovich PONOMARYOV (В'ячеслав Володимирович Пономарьов), Viacheslav Vladimirovich PONOMAREV (Вячеслав Владимирович Пономарёв) Place of birth: Sloviansk (Donetsk oblast) Date of birth: 2.5.1965 Former self-declared mayor of Slaviansk. Ponomariov called on Vladimir Putin to send in Russian troops to protect the city and later asked him to supply weapons. Ponomariov's men are involved in kidnappings (they captured Irma Krat and Simon Ostrovsky, a reporter for Vice News, both were later released, they detained military observers under the OSCE Vienna Document). Remains active in supporting separatist actions and policies. 12.5.2014 56. Igor Evgenevich KAKIDZYANOV (Игорь Евгеньевич Какидзянов), Igor Evegenevich KHAKIMZYANOV (Игорь Евгеньевич Хакимзянов) 33 years old on 8.5.2014 Possibly born 25 July 1980 in Makiivka (Donetsk oblast) One of the leaders of armed forces of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. The aim of the forces is to ‘protect the people of the Donetsk People's Republic and territorial integrity of the republic’ according to Pushylin, one of the leaders of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. 12.5.2014 57. Oleg TSARIOV, Oleh Anatoliyovych TSAROV (Олег Анатолійович Царьов), Oleg Anatolevich TSAREV (Олег Анатольевич Царёв) Place of birth: Dnepropetrovsk Date of birth: 2.6.1970 Former Member of the Rada, as such publicly called for the creation of the so-called ‘Federal Republic of Novorossiya’, composed of south-eastern Ukrainian regions. Remains active in supporting separatist actions or policies. 12.5.2014 59. Aleksandr Sergeevich MALYKHIN, Alexander Sergeevich MALYHIN (Александр Сергеевич Малыхин) Date of birth: 12.1.1981 Head of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’ Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May 2014 on the self-determination of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’. 12.5.2014 64. Aleksandr Yurevich BORODAI (Александр Юрьевич Бородай) Place of birth: Moscow Date of birth: 25.7.1972 Former so-called ‘Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic’, as such responsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so-called ‘government of the Donetsk People's Republic’ (e.g. on 8 July 2014 stated ‘our military is conducting a special operation against the Ukrainian “fascists”’), signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding on ‘Novorossiya union’. Remains active in supporting separatist actions or policies. 12.7.2014 65. Alexander KHODAKOVSKY, Oleksandr Serhiyovych KHODAKOVSKIY (Олександр Сергійович Ходаковський), Aleksandr Sergeevich KHODAKOVSKII (Александр Сергеевич Ходаковский) Place of birth: Donetsk Date of birth: 18.12.1972 Former so-called ‘Minister of Security of the Donetsk People's Republic’, as such responsible for the separatist security activities of the so-called ‘government of the Donetsk People's Republic’. Remains active in supporting separatist actions or policies. 12.7.2014 66. Alexandr Aleksandrovich KALYUSSKY, (Александр Александрович Калюсский) Date of birth: 9.10.1975 So-called ‘de facto Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic’. Responsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so-called ‘government of the Donetsk People's Republic’. 12.7.2014 67. Alexander KHRYAKOV, Aleksandr Vitalievich KHRYAKOV (Александр Витальевич Хряков), Oleksandr Vitaliyovych KHRYAKOV (Олександр Віталійович Хряков) Place of birth: Donetsk Date of birth: 6.11.1958 So-called ‘Information and Mass Communications Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic’. Responsible for the pro-separatist propaganda activities of the so-called ‘government of the Donetsk People's Republic’. 12.7.2014 68. Marat Faatovich BASHIROV (Марат Фаатович Баширов) Place of birth: Izhevsk, Russian

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