Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/706
of 14 May 2018
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.
Having regard to the proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
(2) Following the organisation by the Russian Federation of Russian presidential elections in the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, the Council considers that five persons 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 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 the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 14 May 2018.
For the Council
The President
E. Zaharieva
ANNEX The following persons are added to the list of persons set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP:

	Name	Identifying information	Reasons	Date of listing
‘162.	Inna Nikolayevna GUZEYEVA (Инна Николаевна ГУЗЕЕВА) Inna Nikolayevna GUZEEVA (Инна Николаевна ГУЗЕЕВА) Inna Mykolayivna HUZIEIEVA (Iнна Миколаївна ГУЗЄЄВА)	DOB: 20.5.1971 POB: Crimea Address: Simferopol, Lisnevka, 83 Kievskaya str., apt. 67	Deputy Chair of the Crimea Electoral Commission. In this capacity she participated in the organisation of the Russian presidential elections of 18 March 2018 in the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, and thereby actively supported and implemented policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.	14.5.2018
163.	Natalya Ivanovna BEZRUCHENKO / Natalia Ivanovna BEZRUCHENKO (Наталья Ивановна БЕЗРУЧЕНКО) Nataliya Ivanivna BEZRUCHENKO (Наталія Iванівна БЕЗРУЧЕНКО)	DOB: 22.8.1979 POB: Simferopol, Crimea Address: Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Gresovskoe, 5-A Kryzhizhanovskogo str., apt. 64	Secretary of the Crimea Electoral Commission. In this capacity she participated in the organisation of the Russian presidential elections of 18 March 2018 in the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, and thereby actively supported and implemented policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.	14.5.2018
164.	Aleksandr Yurevich PETUKHOV / Aleksandr Yurievich PETUKHOV (Александр Юрьевич ПЕТУХОВ) Oleksandr Yuriyovych PIETUKHOV (Олександр Юрійович ПЄТУХОВ)	DOB: 17.7.1970	Chair of the Sevastopol Electoral Commission. In this capacity he participated in the organisation of the Russian presidential elections of 18 March 2018 in the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, and thereby actively supported and implemented policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.	14.5.2018
165.	Miroslav Aleksandrovich POGORELOV (Мирослав Александрович ПОГОРЕЛОВ) Myroslav Oleksandrovych POHORIELOV (Мирослав Олександрович ПОГОРЄЛОВ)	DOB: 7.6.1968	Deputy Chair of the Sevastopol Electoral Commission. In this capacity he participated in the organisation of the Russian presidential elections of 18 March 2018 in the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, and thereby actively supported and implemented policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.	14.5.2018
166.	Anastasiya Nikolayevna KAPRANOVA (Анастасия Николаевна КАПРАНОВА) Anastasiya Mykolayivna KAPRANOVA (Анастасія Миколаївна КАПРАНОВА)	DOB: 1964 (possibly: 21 April)	Secretary of the Sevastopol Electoral Commission. In this capacity she participated in the organisation of the Russian presidential elections of 18 March 2018 in the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, and thereby actively supported and implemented policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.	14.5.2018’