Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1541 of 3 July 2026 implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1542 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons

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Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/1542 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/1542, under the heading ‘A. Natural persons’, the following entries are added:

Name

Identifying information

Grounds for designation

Date of listing

‘26.

Igor Yuryevich BABKIN

(Игорь Юрьевич БАБКИН)

Gender: male

DOB: 19.4.1978

POB: Cherkasy region, USSR (now Ukraine)

Nationality: Russian

INN: 770170119783

Function: head of laboratory at the Signal Scientific Centre (also known as SC Signal, INN 7718813855)

Igor Babkin is a scientist within the military sphere and head of laboratory at the Signal Scientific Centre (also known as SC Signal).

Babkin previously worked with the chemical, radiological and biological defence structures within the Russian Ministry of Defence, including the 27th Scientific Centre and the Military Academy for Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence.

Babkin led a group of researchers at the Signal Scientific Centre that researched and published articles on the synthesis of epibatidine, which was found in Alexei Navalny after his death. He is therefore involved in the development of epibatidine as a chemical weapon.

Therefore, Igor Babkin is involved in the development of chemical weapons.

Furthermore, he is associated with Artur Aleksandrovich Zhirov, who is the Director of SC Signal.

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27.

Sergey Yevgenyevich GALAN

(Сергей Евгеньевич ГАЛАН)

Gender: male

DOB: 13.6.1970

POB: Kramatorsk, USSR (now Ukraine)

Nationality: Russian

Function: senior scientist at the Signal Scientific Centre (also known as SC Signal, INN 7718813855)

Sergey Galan is a senior scientist within the military sphere working at the Signal Scientific Centre (also known as SC Signal).

Galan previously worked with the chemical, radiological and biological defence structures within the Russian Ministry of Defence, including the 27th Scientific Centre, the State Scientific-Research Institute for Experimental Medicine and the Research Institute for Applied Acoustics.

Together with colleagues at the Signal Scientific Centre, he has researched and published articles on the synthesis of epibatidine, which was found in Alexei Navalny after his death. He is therefore involved in the development of epibatidine as a chemical weapon.

Therefore, Sergey Galan is involved in the development of chemical weapons.

Furthermore, he is associated with Artur Aleksandrovich Zhirov, who is the Director of SC Signal.

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28.

Irina Dmitriyevna DEREVYAGINA

(Ирина Дмитриевна ДЕРЕВЯГИНА)

Gender: female

DOB: 24.3.1961

Nationality: Russian

INN: 772815862404

Function: chemical research analyst at the State Scientific Research Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology (GosNIIOKhT)

Irina Derevyagina is a chemical research analyst at Russia’s State Scientific Research Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology (GosNIIOKhT).

She authored two research papers on the clinical applications and testing of epibatidine, which was found in Alexei Navalny after his death. She is therefore involved in the development of epibatidine as a chemical weapon.

Therefore, Irina Derevyagina is involved in the development of chemical weapons.

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29.

Mikhail Vasilyevich GUTSALYUK

(Михаил Васильевич ГУЦАЛЮК)

Gender: male

DOB: 2.3.1968

Nationality: Russian

INN: 460501189420

Function: colonel and head of the department for organising scientific work and preparing scientific and pedagogical staff for the Military Academy for Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence

Mikhail Gutsalyuk is a colonel and head of the department for organising scientific work and preparing scientific and pedagogical staff at the Military Academy for Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence.

Together with chemists from the Signal Scientific Centre (also known as SC Signal), he has conducted research on the synthesis of epibatidine, which was found in Alexei Navalny after his death. He is therefore involved in the development of epibatidine as a chemical weapon.

Therefore, Mikhail Gutsalyuk is involved in the development of chemical weapons. Furthermore, he is associated with Artur Aleksandrovich Zhirov, who is the Director of SC Signal.

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30.

Olga Petrovna YUDINA

(Ольга Петровна ЮДИНА)

Gender: female

DOB: 24.11.1986

Nationality: Russian

INN: 462601484461

Function: senior researcher at the Signal Scientific Centre (also known as SC Signal, INN 7718813855)

Olga Yudina is a senior researcher at the Signal Scientific Centre (also known as SC Signal).

She also receives a salary from the Research Institute for Applied Acoustics, which has been involved in procuring materials that could be used in the production of chemical weapon agents.

Together with colleagues at the Signal Scientific Centre, she has researched and published articles on the synthesis of epibatidine, which was found in Alexei Navalny after his death. She is therefore involved in the development of epibatidine as a chemical weapon.

Therefore, Olga Yudina is involved in the development of chemical weapons.

Furthermore, she is associated with Artur Aleksandrovich Zhirov, who is the Director of SC Signal

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31.

Aleksey Vadimovich AKSYONOV

(Алексей Вадимович АКСЕНОВ)

Gender: male

DOB: 8.10.1978

Nationality: Russian

INN: 366217317327

Function: researcher at the Signal Scientific Centre (also known as SC Signal, INN 7718813855)

Aleksey Aksyonov is a researcher at the Signal Scientific Centre (also known as SC Signal).

Together with colleagues at the Signal Scientific Centre, he has researched and published articles on the synthesis of epibatidine, which was found in Alexei Navalny after his death. He is therefore involved in the development of epibatidine as a chemical weapon.

Therefore, Aleksey Aksyonov is involved in the development of chemical weapons. Furthermore, he is associated with Artur Aleksandrovich Zhirov, who is the Director of SC Signal.

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