Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1048 of 30 May 2023 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 the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/145/CFSP⁽¹⁾.
The Union remains unwavering in its support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
In view of the gravity of the situation, the Council considers that two persons responsible for actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
Decision 2014/145/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 30 May 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. Roswall

ANNEX

The following persons are added to the list of persons, entities and bodies set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP:

Persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘1500.

Aleksandr Kalinin

(Александр КАЛИНИН)

Function: politician, leader of the Party of Regions of Moldova, head of the interregional public organisation Congress of Moldovan Diasporas

DOB: 16.2.1977

POB: Balti, former USSR (now Republic of Moldova)

Gender: male

Nationality: Moldovan, Russian

Aleksandr Kalinin is a Moldovan politician and the leader of the Party of Regions of Moldova. Since the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, he has travelled in the occupied areas of eastern Ukraine and provided support to Russian military forces. Additionally, he has publicly promoted the Russian symbols of the invasion of Ukraine and Russian actions in eastern Ukraine.

He is therefore responsible for supporting actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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1501.

Grigore CARAMALAC

a.k.a.

Grigory Ivanovich KARAMALAK

(Григорий Иванович КАРАМАЛАК)

Function: businessman; president of the IFAVIS Foundation; vice-president of the Russian Federation of Wrestling; assistant to the senator for the Kursk region, Alexander Bryksin

DOB: 21.5.1965

POB: Taraclia, former USSR (now Republic of Moldova)

Gender: male

Nationality: Moldovan, Russian

Associated persons: Alexander Yuryevich Bryksin

Grigore Caramalac is a Russian/Moldovan businessperson. He exercises control over the IFAVIS Foundation (Russian Federation), through which he has engaged in organising patriotic and sports events in the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, with the support of the occupation authorities. Furthermore, he is the assistant to the Russian senator for the Kursk region, Alexander Bryksin.

He is therefore responsible for supporting actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Grigore Caramalac is also associated with Alexander Bryksin.

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