Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 477/2014 of 12 May 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 477/2014of 12 May 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)On 17 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 and entities 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 and entities 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, 12 May 2014.For the CouncilThe PresidentC. AshtonANNEXList of persons and entities referred to in Article 1
NameIdentifying informationReasonsDate of listing
1Vyacheslav Viktorovich VOLODINBorn 4 February 1964 in Alekseevka, Saratov region.First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Responsible for overseeing the political integration of the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea into the Russian Federation.12.5.2014
2.Vladimir SHAMANOVBorn 15.02.1954 in Barnaul.Commander of the Russian Airborne Troops, Colonel-General. In his senior position holds responsibility for the deployment of Russian airborne forces in Crimea.12.5.2014
3.Vladimir Nikolaevich PLIGINBorn 19.05.1960 in Ignatovo, Vologodsk Oblast, USSR.Chair of the Duma Constitutional Law Committee. Responsible for facilitating the adoption of legislation on the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation.12.5.2014
4.Petr Grigorievich JAROSHActing Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Crimea. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea.12.5.2014
5.Oleg Grigorievich KOZYURABorn 19.12.1962 in ZaporozhyeActing Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Sevastopol. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea.12.5.2014
6.Viacheslav PONOMARIOVSelf-declared mayor of Slaviansk. Ponomarev called on Vladimir Putin to send in Russian troops to protect the city and later asked him to supply weapons. Ponomarev's men are involved in kidnappings (they captured Ukrainian reporter Irma Krat and Simon Ostrovsky, a reporter for Vice News, both were later released, they detained military observers under OSCE Vienna Document).12.5.2014
7.Igor Mykolaiovych BEZLERBorn in 1965One of the leaders of self-proclaimed militia of Horlivka. He took control of the Security Service of Ukraine's Office in Donetsk region building and afterwards seized the Ministry of Internal Affairs' district station in the town of Horlivka. He has links to Ihor Strielkov under which command he was involved in the murder of Peoples' Deputy of the Horlivka's Municipal Council Volodymyr Rybak according to the SBU.12.5.2014
8.Igor KAKIDZYANOVOne of the leaders of armed forces of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic". The aim of the forces is to "protect the people of Donetsk People's Republic and territorial integrity of the republic" according to Pushylin, one of the leaders of the "Donetsk People's Republic".12.5.2014
9.Oleg TSARIOVMember of the Rada. Publicly called for the creation of the Federal Republic of Novorossia, composed of South Eastern Ukrainian regions.12.5.2014
10.Roman LYAGINHead of the "Donetsk People's Republic" Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May on the self-determination of the "Donetsk People's Republic".12.5.2014
11.Aleksandr MALYKHINHead of the "Lugansk People's Republic" Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May on the self-determination of the "Lugansk People's Republic".12.5.2014
12.Natalia Vladimirovna POKLONSKAYABorn 18.03.1980 in Eupatoria.Prosecutor of Crimea. Actively implementing Russia's annexation of Crimea.12.5.2014
13.Igor Sergeievich SHEVCHENKOActing Prosecutor of Sevastopol. Actively implementing Russia's annexation of Sevastopol.12.5.2014
Entities:
NameIdentifying informationReasonsDate of listing
1.PJSC CHERNOMORNEFTEGAZOn 17.03.2014 the "Parliament of Crimea" adopted a resolution declaring the appropriation of assets belonging to Chernomorneftegaz enterprise on behalf of the "Republic of Crimea". The enterprise is thus effectively confiscated by the Crimean "authorities".12.5.2014
2.FEODOSIAOn 17.03.2014 the "Parliament of Crimea" adopted a resolution declaring the appropriation of assets belonging to Feodosia enterprise on behalf of the "Republic of Crimea". The enterprise is thus effectively confiscated by the Crimean "authorities".12.5.2014