Introduction
1. Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014 (the “Regulation”) concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine has been amended so that an asset freeze now applies to the persons listed in the Annex to this Notice.
Notice summary (Full details are provided in the Annex to this Notice)
2. The following entries have been added and are subject to an asset freeze:
Individuals
GANOV, Alexander Nikolaevich
RYZHENKIN, Leonid Kronidovich
Entities
Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Crimea Railway”
First Crimean Insurance company
Joint-stock company “Lenpromtransproyekt”
Joint-stock company “The Berkakit-Tommot-Yakutsk Railway Line’s Construction Directorate
What you must do
3. You must:
check whether you maintain any accounts or hold any funds or economic resources for the persons set out in the Annex to this Notice.
freeze such accounts, and other funds or economic resources.
refrain from dealing with the funds or assets or making them available (directly or indirectly) to such persons unless licensed by the Minister for External Relations (“MER”).
report any findings to MER, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with the Regulation.
provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that MER may request. Information reported to MER may be passed on to other regulatory authorities or law enforcement.
4. Failure to comply with financial sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.
Legislative details
5. The Regulation is implemented in Jersey by EU Legislation (Sanctions – Ukraine) (Jersey) Order 2014 (the “Ukraine Order”) implemented under the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 (“SAFL”).
6. On 1 October 2020 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1367 (the “Amending Regulation”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the Council of the European Union.
7. The Amending Regulation amended Annex I to the Regulation with effect from 1 October 2020. Any changes to the Annex are effective immediately in Jersey by virtue of the ambulatory provisions of the Ukraine Order.
Further information
8. A copy of the Amending Regulation can be obtained from the website of the Official Journal of the European Union.
9. Copies of Jersey sanctions Orders and other legislation, including the Ukraine Order and SAFL, can be found on the Jersey Legal Information Board website.
10. Copies of recent Notices, certain EU Regulations and Jersey legislation can be found on the Ukraine financial sanctions page on the Jersey Financial Services Commission website.
11. Please note there are also import and export restrictions on Ukraine.
12. For more information on Financial Sanctions please see the Jersey Financial Services Commission guidance on financial sanctions.
Enquiries
13. Non-media enquiries, reports and licence applications should be addressed to:
Head of International Compliance
Office of the Chief Executive
External Relations
sanctions@gov.je
ANNEX TO NOTICE
FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: UKRAINE
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 269/2014
AMENDING ANNEX I TO COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2020/1367
ADDITIONS
Individuals
1. GANOV, Alexander Nikolaevich
DOB: 24/10/1974. POB: Voronezh (Russian Federation). Gender: Male. Other Information: General director of the JSC TC Grand Service Express, which operates railway service between Russia and the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula. Therefore, he supports the consolidation of the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula into the Russian Federation, which in turn further undermines the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
2. RYZHENKIN, Leonid Kronidovich
DOB: 10/11/1967. POB: unknown. Passport number: 722 706 177 (in 2015). Gender: Male. Other Information: Deputy general director for infrastructure projects at Stroigazmontazh (SGM) who since 2015 had supervised the construction of the bridge over the Kerch Strait (including the railway part of the bridge) connecting Russia and the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula. Therefore, he supports the consolidation of the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula into the Russian Federation, which in turn further undermines the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
Entities
1. Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Crimea Railway”
Address: 34 Pavlenko St., Simferopol 95 006 , Ukraine. Registration ID (OGRN no.): 1 159 102 022 738 Tax ID: (INN no.) 9 102 157 783. Website: https://crimearw.ru E-mail address: ngkkjd@mail.ru Other Information: Federal State Unitary Enterprise Crimea Railway participated in the project of connecting the railway infrastructures of the illegally annexed Crimea and Russia by being owner and operator of the railway tracks on the bridge over the Kerch Strait, connecting Russia and the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula. Therefore, it supports the consolidation of the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula into the Russian Federation, which in turn further undermines the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
2. First Crimean Insurance company
Address: Butakova Ln, 4, Sevastopol, Ukraine. Registration ID: (OGRN no.): 1 149 102 007 933. Tax ID: (INN no.) 9 102 006 047. Website: https://kpsk-ins.ru/about E-mail address: info@kspk-ins.ru Other Information: The First Crimean Insurance Company participated in the project of connecting the railway infrastructures of the illegally annexed Crimea and Russia by insuring the construction of the bridge over the Kerch Strait. Therefore, it supports the consolidation of the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula into the Russian Federation, which in turn further undermines the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
3. Joint-stock company “Lenpromtransproyekt”
Address: Kondrat’yevskiy Prospekt, 15, building 5/1, 223 St. Petersburg 195 197 , Russian Federation. Registration ID: (OGRN no.) 1 027 809 210 054 Tax ID: (INN no.) 7 825 064 262 Website: https://lptp.ru/ E-mail address: ptp@sp.ru Other Information: Joint-stock company Lenpromtransproyekt participated in the project of connecting the railway infrastructures of the illegally annexed Crimea and Russia by designing the railway approaches to the bridge over the Kerch Strait and acting as architectural supervisor during construction of the bridge connecting Russia and the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula. Therefore, it supports the consolidation of the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula into the Russian Federation, which in turn further undermines the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
4. Joint-stock company “The Berkakit-Tommot-Yakutsk Railway Line’s Construction Directorate
Address: Mayakovskogo St. 14, city of Aldan 678 900 , Aldansky District, Russian Federation. Registration ID: (OGRN no.): 1 121 402 000 213. Tax ID: (INN no.): 1 402 015 986. Website: https://dsgd.ru/ E-mail address: info@dsgd.ru; gmn@dsgd.ru Other Information: Joint-stock company The Berkakit-Tommot-Yakutsk Railway Line’s Construction Directorate participated in the project of connecting the railway infrastructures of the illegally annexed Crimea and Russia by providing engineering services during the construction of railway approaches to the bridge over the Kerch Strait connecting Russia and the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula. Therefore, it supports the consolidation of the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula into the Russian Federation, which in turn further undermines the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
Ministry of External Relations
02/10/2020
gov.je