This is Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/965, which amends Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s destabilising activities. The regulation adds 21 natural persons and six legal persons, entities, or bodies to the list of those subject to restrictive measures as outlined in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2024/2642. This action is based on the Union’s condemnation of Russia’s malign activities.
The structure of the regulation is straightforward. It consists of two articles and an annex. Article 1 states that Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 is amended as per the Annex to this regulation. Article 2 specifies that the regulation will come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. The Annex provides detailed entries for the newly sanctioned individuals and entities, including identifying information and statements of reasons for their listing.
The most important provision of this regulation is the updated Annex I, which lists the sanctioned individuals and entities. For each listed party, the annex provides detailed identifying information (name, aliases, date of birth, nationality, addresses, etc.) and a statement of reasons explaining why they are subject to the restrictive measures. These reasons typically involve actions that undermine or threaten the democracy, rule of law, stability, or security of the EU, its Member States, or Ukraine, often through disinformation, support for separatist movements, or interference with critical infrastructure. **** Some of the sanctioned individuals and entities are linked to activities undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty.
