Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/431 of 25 February 2023 amending Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali

• CELEX: Decision (CFSP) 2023/431
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 is amended as set out in 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 .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 is amended as follows:

(1)

the following entry is added to the list of natural persons set out under the heading ‘A. List of natural persons referred to in Article 1a(1)’:

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘6.

Ivan Aleksandrovitch MASLOV

Иван Александрович МАСЛОВ

Date of birth: 11.7.1982 or 3.1.1980

Place of birth: Arkhangelsk / Chuguevka village, Chuguev district, Primorsky territory

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

Function: Head of the Wagner Group in Mali

Address: Unknown, registered in the town of Shatki, in the Nizhni Novgorod region according to “All eyes on Wagner”

Ivan Aleksandrovitch Maslov is the head of the Wagner Group in Mali, whose presence in the country has expanded since late 2021.

Wagner’s presence in Mali poses a threat to the peace, security and stability of the country. In particular, Wagner mercenaries have been involved in acts of violence and multiple human rights abuses in Mali, including extrajudicial killings, such as the “Moura massacre” at the end of March 2022.

As the local head of the Wagner Group, Ivan Maslov is therefore responsible for the actions of Wagner Group that threaten the peace, security and stability of Mali, in particular involvement in acts of violence and human rights abuses.

25.2.2023’

(2)

the following entry is added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out under the heading ‘B. List of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 2a(1)’:

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘6.

Ivan Aleksandrovitch MASLOV

Иван Александрович МАСЛОВ

Date of birth: 11.7.1982 or 3.1.1980

Place of birth: Arkhangelsk / Chuguevka village, Chuguev district, Primorsky territory

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

Function: Head of the Wagner Group in Mali

Address: Unknown, registered in the town of Shatki, in the Nizhni Novgorod region according to “All eyes on Wagner”

Ivan Aleksandrovitch Maslov is the head of the Wagner Group in Mali, whose presence in the country has expanded since late 2021.

Wagner’s presence in Mali poses a threat to the peace, security and stability of the country. In particular, Wagner mercenaries have been involved in acts of violence and multiple human rights abuses in Mali, including extrajudicial killings, such as the “Moura massacre” at the end of March 2022.

As the local head of the Wagner Group, Ivan Maslov is therefore responsible for the actions of Wagner Group that threaten the peace, security and stability of Mali, in particular involvement in acts of violence and human rights abuses.

25.2.2023’