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| 30.5.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | LI 140/7 |
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30.5.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

LI 140/7

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1046

of 30 May 2023

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 Union remains unwavering in its support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. |
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(2)

The Union remains unwavering in its support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

| (3) | In view of the gravity of the situation, the Council considers that two persons responsible for actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine 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. |
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(3)

In view of the gravity of the situation, the Council considers that two persons responsible for actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine 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.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

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, 30 May 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. ROSWALL

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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:

| | Persons | Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing |
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| ‘1500. | Aleksandr Kalinin
  (Александр КАЛИНИН) | Function: politician, leader of the Party of Regions of Moldova, head of the interregional public organisation Congress of Moldovan Diasporas
  DOB: 16.2.1977
  POB: Balti, former USSR (now Republic of Moldova)
  Gender: male
  Nationality: Moldovan, Russian | Aleksandr Kalinin is a Moldovan politician and the leader of the Party of Regions of Moldova. Since the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, he has travelled in the occupied areas of eastern Ukraine and provided support to Russian military forces. Additionally, he has publicly promoted the Russian symbols of the invasion of Ukraine and Russian actions in eastern Ukraine.
  He is therefore responsible for supporting actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. | 30.5.2023 |
| 1501. | Grigore CARAMALAC
  a.k.a.
  Grigory Ivanovich KARAMALAK
  (Григорий Иванович КАРАМАЛАК) | Function: businessman; president of the IFAVIS Foundation; vice-president of the Russian Federation of Wrestling; assistant to the senator for the Kursk region, Alexander Bryksin
  DOB: 21.5.1965
  POB: Taraclia, former USSR (now Republic of Moldova)
  Gender: male
  Nationality: Moldovan, Russian
  Associated persons: Alexander Yuryevich Bryksin | Grigore Caramalac is a Russian/Moldovan businessperson. He exercises control over the IFAVIS Foundation (Russian Federation), through which he has engaged in organising patriotic and sports events in the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, with the support of the occupation authorities. Furthermore, he is the assistant to the Russian senator for the Kursk region, Alexander Bryksin.
  He is therefore responsible for supporting actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Grigore Caramalac is also associated with Alexander Bryksin. | 30.5.2023’ |

Persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘1500.

Aleksandr Kalinin

(Александр КАЛИНИН)

Function: politician, leader of the Party of Regions of Moldova, head of the interregional public organisation Congress of Moldovan Diasporas

DOB: 16.2.1977

POB: Balti, former USSR (now Republic of Moldova)

Gender: male

Nationality: Moldovan, Russian

Aleksandr Kalinin is a Moldovan politician and the leader of the Party of Regions of Moldova. Since the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, he has travelled in the occupied areas of eastern Ukraine and provided support to Russian military forces. Additionally, he has publicly promoted the Russian symbols of the invasion of Ukraine and Russian actions in eastern Ukraine.

He is therefore responsible for supporting actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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1501.

Grigore CARAMALAC

a.k.a.

Grigory Ivanovich KARAMALAK

(Григорий Иванович КАРАМАЛАК)

Function: businessman; president of the IFAVIS Foundation; vice-president of the Russian Federation of Wrestling; assistant to the senator for the Kursk region, Alexander Bryksin

DOB: 21.5.1965

POB: Taraclia, former USSR (now Republic of Moldova)

Gender: male

Nationality: Moldovan, Russian

Associated persons: Alexander Yuryevich Bryksin

Grigore Caramalac is a Russian/Moldovan businessperson. He exercises control over the IFAVIS Foundation (Russian Federation), through which he has engaged in organising patriotic and sports events in the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, with the support of the occupation authorities. Furthermore, he is the assistant to the Russian senator for the Kursk region, Alexander Bryksin.

He is therefore responsible for supporting actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Grigore Caramalac is also associated with Alexander Bryksin.

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