Case T-608/24: Judgment of the Court of 26 November 2025 – Bazhaev v Council (Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine – Freezing of funds – List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list – Article 2(1)(g) of Decision 2014/145/CFSP – Concept of association – Error of assessment – Right to property – Presumption of innocence – Proportionality)
Date: 2025-11-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russo-Ukrainian issue, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, international sanctions, natural person, presumption of innocence, principle of proportionality, right to property








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C/2026/327


26.1.2026






Judgment of the Court of 26 November 2025 – Bazhaev v Council


(Case T-608/24)
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(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine - Freezing of funds - List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources - Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list - Article 2(1)(g) of Decision 2014/145/CFSP - Concept of ‘association’ - Error of assessment - Right to property - Presumption of innocence - Proportionality)
(C/2026/327)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Musa Yusopovich Bazhaev (Moscow, Russia) (represented by: T. Bontinck, M. Brésart and J. Goffin, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: V. Piessevaux and M. Di Gaetano, acting as Agents)

Subject

By his action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment, first, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456 of 12 September 2024 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L, 2024/2456), and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2455 of 12 September 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L, 2024/2455), and, secondly, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/528 of 14 March 2025 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L, 2025/528), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/527 of 14 March 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L, 2025/527), in so far as those acts concern him.

Operative part

The Court:






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Dismisses the action;










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Orders Mr Musa Yusopovich Bazhaev to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.






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            OJ C, C/2025/581 of 3.2.2025.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/327/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)