Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/241
of 9 February 2015
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 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, and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,
OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16.
Whereas:
(1) On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
(2) In view of the continued gravity of the situation on the ground in Ukraine, the Council considers that additional persons and entities should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
(3) The Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The persons and entities 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 16 February 2015.
It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 9 February 2015.
For the Council
The President
F. Mogherini

ANNEX List of persons and entities referred to in Article 1

I. Persons
	Name	Identifying information	Statement of reasons	Date of Listing
133.	Pavel DREMOV aka Batya Павел ДРЁМОВ	Born in 1976, Stakhanov	Commander of the ‘First Cossack Regiment’, an armed separatist group involved in the fighting in eastern Ukraine. In this capacity, he has actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
134.	Alexey MILCHAKOV aka Fritz, Serbian Алексей МИЛЬЧАКОВ	Born in 1991, St. Petersburg	Commander of the ‘Rusich’ unit, an armed separatist group involved in the fighting in eastern Ukraine. In this capacity, he has actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
135.	Arseny PAVLOV aka Motorola Арсéний Сергéевич ПÁВЛОВ (aka Моторóла)	Born on 2.2.1983, Ukhta, Komi	Commander of the ‘Sparta Battalion’, an armed separatist group involved in the fighting in eastern Ukraine. In this capacity, he has actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
136.	Mikhail TOLSTYKH aka Givi Михаил Толстых	Born in 1980, Ilovaisk	Commander of the ‘Somali’ battalion, an armed separatist group involved in the fighting in eastern Ukraine. In this capacity, he has actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
137.	Eduard BASURIN		So called ‘Deputy Commander’ of the Ministry of Defense of the so called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
138.	Alexandr SHUBIN Александр Васильевич ШУБИН		So called ‘Minister of Justice’, of the illegal so called ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise the country.	16.2.2015
139.	Sergey LITVIN Сергей Анатольевич ЛИТВИН		So called Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the so called ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
140.	Sergey IGNATOV Сергей Юрьевич ИГНАТОВ		So called Commander in Chief of the People's Militia of the so called ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise the country.	16.2.2015
141.	Ekaterina FILIPPOVA Екатерина Владимировна ФИЛИППОВА	Born on 20.11.1988 in Krasnoarmëisk	So called ‘Minister of Justice’ of the so called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, she has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
142.	Aleksandr TIMOFEEV Александр ТИМОФЕЕВ	Born on 27.1.1974	So called ‘Minister of Budget’ of the so called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise the country.	16.2.2015
143.	Evgeny MANUILOV Евгений Владимирович МАНУЙЛОВ		So called ‘Minister of Budget’ of the so called ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
144.	Viktor YATSENKO Виктор ЯЦЕНКО	Born on 22.4.1985 in Kherson	So called ‘Minister of Communications’ of the so called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
145.	Olga BESEDINA Ольга Игорева БЕСЕДИНА		So called ‘Minister of Economic Development and Trade’ of the so called ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, she has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
146.	Zaur ISMAILOV Заур Исмаилов	Born in 1975, Krasny Luch, Voroshilovgrad Luhansk	So called ‘Acting General Prosecutor’ of the so called ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
147.	Anatoly Ivanovich ANTONOV Анатолий Иванович Антонов	Born on 15.5.1955 in Omsk	Deputy Minister of Defence, and in that capacity, involved in supporting the deployment of Russian troops in Ukraine. According to the present Russian Ministry of Defence structure, in that capacity, he participates in shaping and implementing the policy of the Russian Government. These policies threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.	16.2.2015
148.	Arkady Viktorovich BAKHIN Аркадий Викторович Бахин	Born on 8.5.1956 in Kaunas, Lithuania	First Deputy Minister of Defence, and in that capacity, involved in supporting the deployment of Russian troops in Ukraine. According to the present Russian Ministry of Defence structure, in that capacity, he participates in shaping and implementing the policy of the Russian Government. These policies threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.	16.2.2015
149.	Andrei Valeryevich KARTAPOLOV Андрей Валерьевич Картaполов	Born on 9.11.1963 in DDR	Director of the Main Operations Department and deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In both capacities he is actively involved in shaping and implementing the military campaign of the Russian forces in Ukraine. According to the stated activities of the general staff, by exercising operational control over the armed forces, he is actively involved in shaping and implementing the Russian government policy threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.	16.2.2015
150.	Iosif (Joseph) Davydovich KOBZON Иосиф Дaвыдович Кобзон	Born on 11.9.1937 in Tchassov Yar, Ukraine	Member of the State Duma. He visited the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and during his visit made statements supporting separatists. He was also appointed Honorary Consul of the so-called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ in the Russian Federation. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.	16.2.2015
151.	Valery Fedorovich RASHKIN Валерий Фёдорович Рашкин	Born on 14.3.1955 in the Kaliningrad Oblast, USSR.	First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ethnicity issues. He is the founder of the civil movement ‘Krassnaya Moskva- Red Moscow -Patriotic Front Aid’ which organised public demonstrations supporting separatists, thereby supporting policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. On 20 March 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects- the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’.	16.2.2015

II. Entities
	Name	Identifying information	Statement of reasons	Date of Listing
29.	Cossack National Guard Казачья Национальная Гвардия		Armed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine. Commanded by and therefore associated with a listed person Nikolay KOZITSYN.	16.2.2015
30.	Sparta battalion Батальон ‘Спарта’		Armed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine. Commanded by and therefore associated with a listed person Arseny PAVLOV.	16.2.2015
31.	Somali battalion Батальон ‘Сомали’		Armed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine. Commanded by and therefore associated with a listed person Mikhail TOLSTYKH aka Givi.	16.2.2015
32.	Zarya battalion Батальон ‘Заря’		Armed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
33.	Prizrak brigade Бригада ‘Призрак’		Armed separatist which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine. Commanded by and therefore associated with a listed person Oleksiy MOZGOVY.	16.2.2015
34.	Oplot battalion Батальон ‘Оплот’	Social media: http://vk.com/oplot_info	Armed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
35.	Kalmius battalion Батальон ‘Кальмиус’		Armed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
36.	Death battalion Батальон ‘Смерть’		Armed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.	16.2.2015
37.	Public Movement ‘NOVOROSSIYA’ Движение Новороссия		The Public Movement ‘Novorossiya’/‘New Russia’ was established in November 2014 in Russia and is headed by Russian officer Igor Strelkov (identified as a staff member of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU)). According to its stated objectives, it aims at providing all-round, effective assistance to ‘Novorossiya’, including by helping militia fighting in Eastern Ukraine, thereby supporting policies undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Associated with a person listed for undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine.	16.2.2015