Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 433/2014 of 28 April 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 433/2014of 28 April 2014implementing 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 UkraineOJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6., and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,Whereas:(1)On17 March 2014, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.(2)In view of the gravity of the situation, the Council considers that additional persons should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.(3)Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1The 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 2This 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, 28 April 2014.For the CouncilThe PresidentD. KourkoulasANNEXList of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 1
NameIdentifying informationReasonsDate of listing
1.Dmitry Nikolayevich KOZAKBorn 7.11.1958 in Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSRDeputy Prime Minister. Responsible for overseeing the integration of the annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation.29.4.2014
2.Oleg Yevgenyvich BELAVENTSEVBorn 15.9.1949 in MoscowPlenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation into the so called "Crimean Federal District", Non-permanent member of the Russian Security Council. Responsible for the implementation of the constitutional prerogatives of the Russian Head of State on the territory of the annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea.29.4.2014
3.Oleg Genrikhovich SAVELYEVBorn 27.10.1965 in LeningradMinister for Crimean Affairs. Responsible for the integration of the annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation.29.4.2014
4.Sergei Ivanovich MENYAILOBorn 22.8.1960 in Alagir, North-Ossetian Autonomous SSR, RSFSRActing governor of the Ukrainian annexed city of Sevastopol.29.4.2014
5.Olga Fedorovna KOVATIDIBorn 7.5.1962 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSRMember of the Russian Federation Council from the annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea.29.4.2014
6.Ludmila Ivanovna SHVETSOVABorn 24.9.1949 in Alma-Ata, USSRDeputy Chairman of State Duma, United Russia — Responsible for initiating legislation to integrate the annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation.29.4.2014
7.Sergei Ivanovich NEVEROVBorn 21.12.1961 in Tashtagol, USSRDeputy Chairman of State Duma, United Russia. Responsible for initiating legislation to integrate the annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation.29.4.2014
8.Igor Dmitrievich SERGUNBorn 28.3.1957Director of GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate), Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General. Responsible for the activity of GRU officers in Eastern Ukraine.29.4.2014
9.Valery Vasilevich GERASIMOVBorn 8.9.1955 in KazanChief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, General of the Army. Responsible for the massive deployment of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine and lack of de-escalation of the situation.29.4.2014
10.German PROKOPIVActive leader of the "Lugansk Guard". Took part in the seizure of the building of the Lugansk regional office of the Security Service, recorded a video address to President Putin and Russia from the occupied building. Close links with the "Army of the South-East".29.4.2014
11.Valeriy BOLOTOVOne of the leaders of the separatist group "Army of the South-East" which occupied the building of the Security Service in the Lugansk region. Retired officer. Before seizing the building he and other accomplices possessed arms apparently supplied illegally from Russia and from local criminal groups.29.4.2014
12.Andriy PURGINHead of the "Donetsk Republic", active participant and organiser of separatist actions, co-ordinator of actions of the "Russian tourists" in Donetsk. Co-founder of a "Civic Initiative of Donbass for the Eurasian Union".29.4.2014
13.Denys PUSHYLINBorn in MakiivkaOne of the leaders of the Donetsk People's Republic. Participated in the seizure and occupation of the regional administration. Active spokesperson for the separatists.29.4.2014
14.Tsyplakov Sergey GENNADEVICHOne of the leaders of ideologically radical organization People's Militia of Donbas. He took active part in the seizure of a number of state buildings in Donetsk region.29.4.2014
15.Igor STRELKOV (Ihor Strielkov)Identified as staff of Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU). He was involved in incidents in Sloviansk. He is an assistant on security issues to Sergey Aksionov, self-proclaimed prime-minister of Crimea.29.4.2014