This news release is issued in respect of measures taken against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine.
Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 has been amended with effect from 16 February 2015.
Nineteen individuals and nine entities have been added to the consolidated list and are now subject to an asset freeze
ADDITIONS
INDIVIDUALS
ANTONOV, ANATOLY, IVANOVICH
DOB: 15/05/1955. POB: Omsk Position: Deputy Minister of Defence, Russian Federation Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13213.
BAKHIN, ARKADY, VIKTOROVICH
DOB: 08/05/1956. POB: Kaunas, Lithuania Position: First Deputy Minister of Defence, Russian Federation Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13214.
BASURIN, EDUARD
Position: Deputy Commander of the Ministry of Defense of the Donetsk People's Republic Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13203.
BESEDINA, OLGA
Position: Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Luhansk People's Republic Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13211.
DREMOV, PAVEL
DOB: --/--/1976. POB: Stakhanov Position: Commander of the First Cossack Regiment Other Information: The First Cossack Regiment is an armed separatist group involved in the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13199.
FILIPPOVA, EKATERINA
DOB: 20/11/1988. POB: Krasnoarmeisk Position: Minister of Justice of the Donetsk People's Republic Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13207.
IGNATOV, SERGEY
Position: Commander in Chief of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13206.
ISMAILOV, ZAUR
DOB: --/--/1975. POB: Krasny Luch, Voroshilovgrad Luhansk Position: Acting General Prosecutor of the Luhansk People's Republic Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13212.
KARTAPOLOV, ANDREI, VALERYEVICH
DOB: 09/11/1963. POB: DDR Position: Director of the Main Operations Department and deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13215.
KOBZON, IOSIF, DAVYDOVICH
DOB: 11/09/1937. POB: Tchassov Yar, Ukraine a.k.a: KOBZON, Joseph,Davydovich Position: Member of the State Duma Other Information: He is also Honorary Consul of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Russian Federation. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13216.
LITVIN, SERGEY
Position: Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Luhansk People's Republic Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13205.
MANUILOV, EVGENY
Position: Minister of Budget of the Luhansk People's Republic Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13209.
MILCHAKOV, ALEXEY
DOB: --/--/1991. POB: St. Petersburg Position: Commander of the ‘Rusich’ unit Other Information: The ‘Rusich’ unit is an armed separatist group involved in the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13200.
PAVLOV, ARSENY
DOB: 02/02/1983. POB: Ukhta, Komi Position: Commander of the Sparta Battalion Other Information: The Sparta Battalion is an armed separatist group involved in the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13201.
RASHKIN, VALERY, FEDOROVICH
DOB: 14/03/1955. POB: Kaliningrad Oblast, USSR Position: First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ethnicity issues Other Information: He is the founder of the civil movement ‘Krassnaya Moskva (Red Moscow) Patriotic Front Aid’, which organised public demonstrations supporting separatists. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13217.
SHUBIN, ALEXANDR
Position: Minister of Justice of the Luhansk People's Republic Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13204.
TIMOFEEV, ALEKSANDR
DOB: 27/01/1974. Position: Minister of Budget of the Donetsk People's Republic Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13208.
TOLSTYKH, MIKHAIL
DOB: --/--/1980. POB: Ilovaisk Position: Commander of the ‘Somali’ battalion Other Information: The ‘Somali’ battalion is an armed separatist group involved in the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13202.
YATSENKO, VIKTOR
DOB: 22/04/1985. POB: Kherson Position: Minister of Communications of the Donetsk People's Republic Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13210.
Entities
COSSACK NATIONAL GUARD
Other Information: Armed separatist group. Commanded by Nikolay KOZITSYN. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13218.
DEATH BATTALION
Other Information: Armed separatist group. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13225.
KALMIUS BATTALION
Other Information: Armed separatist group. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13224.
NOVOROSSIYA
Other Information: Novorossiya (New Russia) was established in November 2014 in Russia. According to its stated objectives, it aims at providing all-round, effective assistance to ‘Novorossiya’, including by helping militia fighting in Eastern Ukraine. It is headed by Russian officer Igor STRELKOV. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13226.
OPLOT BATTALION
Other Information: Armed separatist group. Social media: http://vk.com/oplot_info Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13223.
PRIZRAK BRIGADE
Other Information: Armed separatist group. Commanded by Oleksiy MOZGOVY. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13222.
SOMALI BATTALION
Other Information: Armed separatist group. Commanded by Mikhail TOLSTYKH. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13220.
SPARTA BATTALION
Other Information: Armed separatist group. Commanded by Arseny PAVLOV. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13219.
ZARYA BATTALION
Other Information: Armed separatist group. Listed on: 16/02/2015 Last Updated: 16/02/2015 Group ID: 13221.
Financial institutions and other persons are requested to check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise hold funds or economic resources for, or provide financial services to, the designated persons and entities. If so, they must freeze such accounts or other funds and, unless licensed by the Treasury, refrain from dealing with said funds or economic resources, and suspend the provision of any financial services. They must report their findings to the Sanctions Officer at the Customs and Excise Division of the Treasury.
Further details of the sanctions regime related to Ukraine and links to the Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to other financial sanctions regimes may be found on the Customs and Excise pages of the Isle of Man Government website.
