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.
Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1961 of 8 November 2016 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1961 of 8 November 2016 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
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Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX List of persons referred to in Article 1 Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing ‘152. Ruslan Ismailovich BALBEK Руслан Исмаилович Бальбек DOB: 28.8.1977 POB: Bekabad, Uzbekistan SSR Member of the State Duma, elected from the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Deputy Chairperson of the Duma Committee on ethnic affairs. In 2014 Balbek was appointed as a Deputy Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the so-called “Republic of Crimea” and worked in this capacity for the integration of the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula into the Russian Federation, for which he has been awarded with a medal “For the Defence of Republic of Crimea”. He has supported the annexation of Crimea in public statements, including on his profile on the United Russia (Crimean branch) website and a press article published on NTV website on 3 July 2016. 9.11.2016 153. Konstantin Mikhailovich BAKHAREV Константин Михайлович Бахарев DOB: 20.10.1972 POB: Simferopol Ukrainian SSR Member of the State Duma, elected from the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Member of the Duma Committee on Financial Markets. In March 2014 Bakharev was appointed as a Deputy Chairperson of the State Council of the so-called “Republic of Crimea”, and in August 2014 as First Deputy Chairperson of that body. He has admitted his personal involvement in the events of 2014 that led to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, which he has publicly supported, including in an interview published on gazetakrimea.ru website on 22 March 2016 and c-pravda.ru website on 23 August 2016. He has been awarded with the order “For loyalty to duty” by the “authorities” of “Republic of Crimea”. 9.11.2016 154. Dmitry Anatolievich BELIK Дмитрий Анатольевич Белик DOB: 17.10.1969 POB: Kular Ust-Yansky District,Yakut Autonomous SSR Member of the State Duma, elected from the illegally annexed city of Sevastopol. Member of the Duma Committee on Taxation. As a member of the Sevastopol municipal administration in February-March 2014 he supported the activities of the so called “People's Mayor” Alexei Chaliy. He has publicly admitted his involvement in the events of 2014 that led to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, which he has publicly defended, including on his personal website and in an interview published on 21 February 2016 on nation-news.ru website. For his involvement in the annexation process he has been awarded with Russian state order “For duties to the motherland” — II degree. 9.11.2016 155. Andrei Dmitrievich KOZENKO Андрей Дмитриевич Козенко DOB: 3.8.1981 POB: Simferopol Ukrainian SSR Member of the State Duma, elected from the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Member of Duma Committee on Financial Markets. In March 2014 Kozenko was appointed as a Deputy Chairperson of the State Council of the so-called “Republic of Crimea”. He has publicly admitted his involvement in the events of 2014 that led to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, which he has publicly defended, including in an interview published on gazetacrimea.ru website on 12 March 2016. For his involvement in the annexation process he has been awarded with a medal “For the defence of Republic of Crimea” by the local “authorities”. 9.11.2016 156. Svetlana Borisovna SAVCHENKO Светлана Борисовна Савченко DOB: 24.6.1965 POB: Belogorsk Ukrainian SSR Member of the State Duma, elected from the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Member of the Duma Committee on Culture. She has been a member of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea since 2012 and as of March 2014 supported the integration of the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation. In September 2014 Savchenko was elected to the State Council of the so-called “Republic of Crimea”. She has defended the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol on numerous occasions in public statements, including interviews published on c-pravda.ru website on 2 April 2016 and 20 August 2016. She has been awarded with Russian state order “For duties to the motherland” — II degree in 2014 and with the order “For loyalty to duty” by the “authorities” of “Republic of Crimea” in 2015. 9.11.2016 157. Pavel Valentinovich SHPEROV Павел Валентинович Шперов DOB: 4.7.1971 POB: Simferopol Ukrainian SSR Member of the State Duma, elected from the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Member of the Duma Committee on Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Affairs, Eurasian Integration and links with compatriots. In September 2014 Shperov was elected to the State Council of the so-called “Republic of Crimea”. He has publicly admitted, including in an interview published on ldpr-rk.ru website on 3 September 2016, his role in the events of 2014 that led to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol and in particular his role in the organisation of the illegal referendum on the illegal annexation of the peninsula. 9.11.2016’
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