#32026D0432Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/432 of 23 February 2026 amending Decision (CFSP) 2024/1484 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Russia
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This Council Decision adds eight Russian natural persons to the EU sanctions list under the Russia restrictive measures regime. The individuals are primarily heads of penal colonies and pre-trial detention centres, as well as prosecutors and judges involved in politically motivated cases. They are sanctioned for their direct responsibility in the mistreatment, torture-like conditions, denial of medical care, and repression of political prisoners and critics of the war in Ukraine. Specific cases include the handling of prisoners Aleksei Gorinov, Pavel Kushnir, Mikhail Kriger, and Maria Ponomarenko, who faced solitary confinement, beatings, hunger strikes, and medical neglect. The measures freeze assets and prohibit EU persons from making funds available to those listed.
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Key Changes
- Addition of 8 new natural persons to the Annex of Decision (CFSP) 2024/1484
- Effective date: 23 February 2026 upon publication in the Official Journal
- Inclusion of 4 prison colony heads responsible for mistreatment of named political prisoners (Gorinov, Kushnir, Kriger, Ponomarenko)
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Obligations
What this law requires
Freeze all assets and financial resources belonging to the eight listed natural persons (Aleksei Vasilyevich Valizer, Anton Vladimirovich Rychar, Maksim Aleksandrovich Prilepsky, Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Pisklov, Sergei Vladimirovich Filichev, and three others listed in the Annex)
Prohibit EU persons from making funds or economic resources available, directly or indirectly, to the eight listed natural persons
Implement the restrictive measures amendments set out in the Annex to this Decision by amending the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2024/1484
Apply the listing as of the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (23 February 2026)
Identify and screen transactions, accounts, and beneficial ownership records against the eight newly listed individuals to detect any funds or economic resources subject to freeze