#32026R1710EU Adds GRU Official to Russia Hybrid Threat Sanctions List
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This regulation adds Ivan Sergeevich Kasyanenko, a senior Russian GRU Special Operations Service official, to the EU sanctions list for Russia-linked destabilising activities. The listing is tied to alleged involvement in GRU Unit 29155 operations and broader hybrid threats against the EU, its Member States, and other targets. Businesses, banks, insurers, logistics providers, and other EU operators must screen for the newly listed individual and apply the EU restrictive measures that follow from the listing, including asset-freeze and no-funds-available obligations where relevant.
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Key Changes
- Adds Ivan Sergeevich Kasyanenko to the EU sanctions list under Regulation (EU) 2024/2642.
- Links the listing to alleged GRU Special Operations Service and Unit 29155 activities connected to Russia’s hybrid threat operations.
- Requires EU operators to apply the related sanctions controls from the date of publication.
Obligations
What this law requires
Screen customers, counterparties, beneficial owners, transactions, and assets against the newly added Annex I listing for Ivan Sergeevich Kasyanenko, including the Russian-script name Иван Сергеевич КАСЬЯНЕНКО.
Apply the restrictive measures under Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 to Ivan Sergeevich Kasyanenko as a listed natural person in Annex I, including asset-freeze controls where the operator holds or controls relevant funds or economic resources.
Do not make funds or economic resources available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of Ivan Sergeevich Kasyanenko once identified as the listed person added to Annex I.