New Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1046 as regards sanction measures directed against persons, entities, or bodies engaged in „actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine“ was published in the Official Journal (OJ) of the EU. The Implementing Regulation modifies the sanction list set out in Annex I of Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 by adding two individuals to the list for their engagement in such action. The affected persons are the following:
(1) Entry #1500 – Aleksandr Kalinin
Function: politician, leader of the Party of Regions of Moldova, head of the interregional public organisation Congress of Moldovan Diasporas
DOB: 16.2.1977
POB: Balti, former USSR (now Republic of Moldova)
Gender: male
Nationality: Moldovan, Russian
(2) Entry #1501 – Grigore CARAMALAC a.k.a. Grigory Ivanovich KARAMALAK
Function: businessman; president of the IFAVIS Foundation; vice-president of the Russian Federation of Wrestling; assistant to the senator for the Kursk region, Alexander Bryksin
DOB: 21.5.1965
POB: Taraclia, former USSR (now Republic of Moldova)
Gender: male
Nationality: Moldovan, Russian
Associated persons: Alexander Yuryevich Bryksin
