Further to our blog post yesterday, the EU has released the names of 11 individuals who are now designated pursuant to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 753/2014 and subject to an asset freeze and travel ban as of today (12 July 2014). Almost all are described as “so called” ministers of the People’s Republic of Donetsk or the People’ s Republic of Luhansk’ and are stated to have been responsible for separatist activities. Please find…
On 9 July 2014, the EU agreed to designate a further 11 individuals in connection with the Ukrainian crisis. Press reports suggest that the EU will target primarily Ukrainian separatists and a few Russian individuals. The rationale for their designation is reported to be due to their failure to comply with the demands made by the EU at the G7 summit in June when the European Council called for all parties to “genuinely commit to…
For the first time in 17 years, the leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations met at a summit without the Russian President this week, owing to the situation in Ukraine. Meeting in Brussels instead of Sochi (Russia), the leaders of the G7 voiced their condemnation of Russia’s continued violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and called upon them to: recognise the results of the recent elections in Ukraine; withdraw its military forces…
The Council of the European Union published on 28 May 2014 an implementing regulation relating to the EU’s sanctions programme against Russian and Ukrainian individuals. Implementing Regulation No. 577/2014 amends details relating to certain individuals and entities contained on the EU’s DP list (as set out in Annex I to Regulation 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine). The Implementing…