Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States
Date: 2026-03-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, computer crime, data protection, economic sanctions, information security, information warfare, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, personal data








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C/2026/1836


19.3.2026






Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States
(C/2026/1836)

The following information is brought to the attention of Qiang GAO (No.1), Shilong ZHANG (No.2), Alexey Valeryevich MININ (No. 3), Aleksei Sergeyvich MORENETS (No. 4), Evgenii Mikhaylovich SEREBRIAKOV (No. 5), Oleg Mikhaylovich SOTNIKOV (No. 6), Dmitry Sergeyevich BADIN (No. 7), Igor Olegovich KOSTYUKOV (No. 8), Ruslan Aleksandrovich PERETYATKO (No. 9), Andrey Stanislavovich KORINETS (No. 10), Oleksandr SKLIANKO (No. 11), Mykola CHERNYKH (No. 12), Mikhail Mikhailovich TSAREV (No.13), Maksim Sergeevich GALOCHKIN (No.14), Tianjin Huaying Haitai Science and Technology Development Co. Ltd (Huaying Haitai) (entity No. 1), Chosun Expo (entity No. 2), Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GU/GRU) (entity No. 3) and 85th Main Centre for Special Services (GTsSS) of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GU/GRU) (entity No. 4), persons and entities appearing in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 (1) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States (2).
In the framework of the annual review of restrictive measures, the Council envisages maintaining the restrictive measures against individuals no. 1, 2, 13 and 14 with amended statements of reasons and additional information. The Council also envisages maintaining the restrictive measures against individuals no. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, and entities 1, 2, 3 and 4 with additional information.
Those persons are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the envisaged amended statement of reasons for their designation, before 26 March 2026, to the following address:





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(1)  
            OJ L 129 I, 17.5.2019, p. 13.

(2)  
            OJ L 129 I, 17.5.2019, p. 1.


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