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| 21.2.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 40/3 |
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21.2.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 40/3

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/236

of 21 February 2022

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 the Treaty on the Functioning 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) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

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

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

| (2) | The European Union does not recognise and continues to condemn the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and therefore does not recognise the so-called elections held in the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula. |
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(2)

The European Union does not recognise and continues to condemn the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and therefore does not recognise the so-called elections held in the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula.

| (3) | Following the organisation, by the Russian Federation, of so-called elections for the State Duma in the illegally annexed ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and City of Sevastopol in September 2021, the Council considers that five individuals should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 for their role in undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. |
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(3)

Following the organisation, by the Russian Federation, of so-called elections for the State Duma in the illegally annexed ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and City of Sevastopol in September 2021, the Council considers that five individuals should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 for their role in undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

| (4) | Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The persons listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date 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, 21 February 2022.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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

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ANNEX

The following persons are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014:

| | Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing |
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| ‘204. | Aleksei Yurievich CHERNIAK
  (Алексей Юрьевич ЧЕРНЯК) | Gender: Male
  DOB: 27.8.1973
  POB: Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan)
  Nationality: Russian | Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 19 September 2021. Elected from the illegally annexed ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ in the so-called ‘Simferopol constituency’.
  Member of the ruling United Russia party.
  In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has worked for further integration of the so-called ‘Republic of Crimea’ into the Russian Federation and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. | 21.2.2022 |
| 205. | Leonid Ivanovich BABASHOV
  (Леонид Иванович БАБАШОВ) | Gender: Male
  DOB: 31.1.1966
  POB: Petrovka, Crimea Oblast, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) | Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 19 September 2021. Elected from the illegally annexed ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ in the so-called ‘Yevpatoria constituency’.
  Member of the ruling United Russia party.
  In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has worked for further integration of the so-called ‘Republic of Crimea’ into the Russian Federation and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. | 21.2.2022 |
| 206. | Tatiana Georgievna LOBACH
  (Татьяна Георгиевна ЛОБАЧ) | Gender: Female
  DOB: 8.1.1974
  POB: Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) | Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 19 September 2021. Elected from the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol in the so-called ‘Sevastopol constituency’.
  Member of the ruling United Russia party.
  In taking on and acting in this capacity, she has worked for further integration of the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol into the Russian Federation and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. | 21.2.2022 |
| 207. | Nina Sergeevna FAUSTOVA
  (Нина Сергеевна ФАУСТОВА) | Gender: Female
  DOB: 11.7.1983
  POB: Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation) | Head of the Sevastopol electoral commission, which took part in the organisation of the so-called elections in the illegally annexed ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and City of Sevastopol held in September 2021.
  In taking on and acting in this capacity, she actively supported and implemented actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and further destabilised Ukraine. | 21.2.2022 |
| 208. | Aleksandr Evgenevich CHMYHALOV
  (Александр Евгеньевич ЧМЫХАЛОВ) | Gender: Male
  DOB: 13.6.1990 | Deputy Head of the Sevastopol electoral commission, which took part in the organisation of the so-called elections in the illegally annexed ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and City of Sevastopol held in September 2021.
  Member of the ruling ‘United Russia’ party.
  In taking on and acting in this capacity, he actively supported and implemented actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and further destabilised Ukraine. | 21.2.2022’. |

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘204.

Aleksei Yurievich CHERNIAK

(Алексей Юрьевич ЧЕРНЯК)

Gender: Male

DOB: 27.8.1973

POB: Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan)

Nationality: Russian

Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 19 September 2021. Elected from the illegally annexed ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ in the so-called ‘Simferopol constituency’.

Member of the ruling United Russia party.

In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has worked for further integration of the so-called ‘Republic of Crimea’ into the Russian Federation and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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205.

Leonid Ivanovich BABASHOV

(Леонид Иванович БАБАШОВ)

Gender: Male

DOB: 31.1.1966

POB: Petrovka, Crimea Oblast, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)

Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 19 September 2021. Elected from the illegally annexed ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ in the so-called ‘Yevpatoria constituency’.

Member of the ruling United Russia party.

In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has worked for further integration of the so-called ‘Republic of Crimea’ into the Russian Federation and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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206.

Tatiana Georgievna LOBACH

(Татьяна Георгиевна ЛОБАЧ)

Gender: Female

DOB: 8.1.1974

POB: Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)

Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 19 September 2021. Elected from the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol in the so-called ‘Sevastopol constituency’.

Member of the ruling United Russia party.

In taking on and acting in this capacity, she has worked for further integration of the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol into the Russian Federation and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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207.

Nina Sergeevna FAUSTOVA

(Нина Сергеевна ФАУСТОВА)

Gender: Female

DOB: 11.7.1983

POB: Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)

Head of the Sevastopol electoral commission, which took part in the organisation of the so-called elections in the illegally annexed ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and City of Sevastopol held in September 2021.

In taking on and acting in this capacity, she actively supported and implemented actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and further destabilised Ukraine.

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208.

Aleksandr Evgenevich CHMYHALOV

(Александр Евгеньевич ЧМЫХАЛОВ)

Gender: Male

DOB: 13.6.1990

Deputy Head of the Sevastopol electoral commission, which took part in the organisation of the so-called elections in the illegally annexed ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and City of Sevastopol held in September 2021.

Member of the ruling ‘United Russia’ party.

In taking on and acting in this capacity, he actively supported and implemented actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and further destabilised Ukraine.

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