Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/241 of 21 February 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian issue, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/241
of 21 February 2022
         
amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP 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 European Union, and in particular Article 29 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 Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1).












(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 persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP for their role in undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.












(4)


The Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 21 February 2022.


For the Council


The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            





(1)  Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16).




ANNEX
The following persons are added to the list of persons, entities and bodies set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP:










 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




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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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