Article 1
The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/346 of 18 February 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/346 of 18 February 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
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Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX In the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999, in section A (‘Natural persons’), entries number 80 and 105 are replaced by the following: Names (Transliteration into Latin script) Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing ‘80. Alexander Valerievich OBRAZTSOV* Александр Валерьевич ОБРАЗЦОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony DOB: 1980-1990 POB: Russia Nationality: Russian Gender: male Address: Priuralisky District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, 629420 Alexander Valerievich Obraztsov is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony. In that position, he is directly responsible for the conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the “Polar Wolf”, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water. Therefore, Alexander Valerievich Obraztsov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024 105. Vladimir Sergeevich SHVEDOV* Владимир Сергеевич ШВЕДОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Head of the Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Execution of Criminal Sentences in the Russian Ministry of Justice DOB: 26.10.1980 POB: Moscow, Russia Passport number: 4506085659 Tax identification number: 773320017740 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Address: Moscow City, Russian Federation Associated individuals: Vsevolod Lvovich Vukolov Associated entities: Russian Ministry of Justice Vladimir Sergeevich Shvedov is a high-level Russian official. He is head of the Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Execution of Criminal Sentences in the Russian Ministry of Justice. In that position, as he leads the state policy in the field of execution of criminal sentences and considers citizens’ appeals, he was responsible for the execution of prison sentences of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Therefore, Vladimir Sergeevich Shvedov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024’.
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