Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/2198 of 13 December 2021 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

Article 1

Annexes II and IV to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 are 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 .

ANNEX

ANNEX
(1)
In Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, under the heading ‘A. Persons’, the following entry is added:
Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
‘20.
KUZNETSOV, Aleksandr (Alexander) Sergeevich
(Александр Сергеевич КУЗНЕЦОВ)
Position (s): Commander of 1st Attack and Reconnaissance Company of the Wagner Group
Callsign: Ratibor
Date of birth: 8 October 1977
Place of birth: Nikolskoye, former USSR (now Russian Federation)
Nationality: Russian
Wagner Group ID: M-0271
Gender: male
Aleksandr Sergeevich Kuznetsov belongs to the command structure of the Wagner Group, a Russia-based unincorporated private military entity. He took command of the 1st Attack and Reconnaissance Company of the Wagner Group in 2014. He was injured in September 2019 in Libya while fighting alongside the Libyan National Liberation Army (NLA) as commander of the Wagner Group’s military operatives. Through his position and actions, Kuznetsov is responsible for the Wagner Group’s activities that threaten the peace, stability and security of Libya.
13.12.2021’
(2)
In Annex IV to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, under the heading ‘A. Persons’, the following entry is added:
Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
‘25.
KUZNETSOV, Aleksandr (Alexander) Sergeevich
(Александр Сергеевич КУЗНЕЦОВ)
Position (s): Commander of 1st Attack and Reconnaissance Company of the Wagner Group
Callsign: Ratibor
Date of birth: 8 October 1977
Place of birth: Nikolskoye, former USSR (now Russian Federation)
Nationality: Russian
Wagner Group ID: M-0271
Gender: male
Aleksandr Sergeevich Kuznetsov belongs to the command structure of the Wagner Group, a Russia-based unincorporated private military entity. He took command of the 1st Attack and Reconnaissance Company of the Wagner Group in 2014. He was injured in September 2019 in Libya while fighting alongside the Libyan National Liberation Army (NLA) as commander of the Wagner Group’s military operatives. Through his position and actions, Kuznetsov is responsible for the Wagner Group’s activities that threaten the peace, stability and security of Libya.
13.12.2021’

Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/2198 of 13 December 2021 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

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