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Legal Notice No SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE GIBRALTAR GAZETTE No. 4185 of 16 July, 2015 LEGAL NOTICE NO. 119 OF 2015. UKRAINE (SANCTIONS) (NO.2) ORDER 2014 NOTICE OF AMENDMENT (No.10) In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by paragraph 3(4) of the Ukraine (Sanctions) (No.2) Order 2014, I have issued the following Notice- The Schedule to the Ukraine (Sanctions) (No.2) Order 2014 is amended as follows- (a) the entry set out in the Schedule concerning the person below is deleted- 39. Ludmila Ivanovna Shvetsova; and (b) the entries set out in the Schedule concerning the persons listed below are replaced by the following entries– “. Sergey Place of birth: Aksyonov was elected 17.3.2014 Valeryevich ‘Prime Minister of Crimea’ AKSYONOV, Beltsy (Bălți), in the Crimean Verkhovna Sergei Rada on 27 February 2014 Valerievich Moldova Date of birth: in the presence of pro- AKSENOV Russian gunmen. His 26.11.1972. (Сергей ‘election’ was decreed ВалерьевичАкс unconstitutional by ёнов),Serhiy Oleksandr Turchynov on 1 ValeriyovychAK March 2014. He actively SYONOV lobbied for the ‘referendum’ (Сергій of 16 March 2014. As of 9 ВалерійовичАк October 2014, the ‘Head’ of сьонов) the so-called ‘Republic of Crimea’. GIBRALTAR GAZETTE, No 4185, Thursday 16 July, 2015 Dmitry Appointed by Presidential Place of birth: Konstantinovi- Decree on 9 December 2013 21.3.2014 ch Moscow Head of the Russian Federal Date of birth: KISELYOV, State news agency ‘Rossiya 26.4.1954 Segodnya’.Central figure of Dmitrii the government propaganda Konstantinovic supporting the deployment h of Russian forces in Ukraine. KISELEV (Дмитрий Константинов ич Киселёв) Igor Director of GRU (Main Place of birth: Dmitrievich Intelligence Directorate), 29.4.2014 SERGUN Podolsk, Deputy Chief of the General (Игорь Moscow Staff of the Armed Forces of Дмитриевич Oblast the Russian Federation, Сергун) Date of birth: Lieutenant-General. 28.3.1957 Responsible for the activity of GRU officers in Eastern Ukraine. Former Head of the Place of birth: ‘Donetsk People's Re­ Andriy Donetsk 29.4.2014 Yevgenovych public’, active participant Date of birth: and organiser of separatist PURGIN 26.1.1972 actions, coordinator of (Андрій actions of the ‘Russian Євгенович tourists’ in Donetsk. Co- Пургін), founder of a ‘Civic Initiative of Donbass for the Andrei Eurasian Union’. So-called Evgenevich ‘Chairman’ of the ‘People's PURGIN Council of the Donetsk (Андрей People's Republic’. ЕвгеньевичПу ргин) 572 GIBRALTAR GAZETTE, No 4185, Thursday 16 July, 2015 Denys One of the leaders of the Place of birth: Volodymyrovy ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. 29.4.2014. ch Makiivka Participated in the seizure (Donetsk PUSHYLIN and occupation of the oblast) regional administration. (Денис Date of birth: Active spokesperson for the Володимирови 9.5.1981 separatists. So-called Deputy чПушилін), or 9.5.1982 Chairman of the ‘People's Denis Council’ of the so-called Vladimirovich ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. PUSHILIN (Денис Владимирович Пушилин) Petr Acting Head of the Federal Grigorievich Date of birth: Migration Service office for 12.5.2014 JAROSH (Петр 30.1.1971 Crimea. Responsible for the ГригорьевичЯ systematic and expedited рош) issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea. Viacheslav Former self-declared mayor Place of birth: PONOMARIO of Slaviansk. Ponomariov 12.5.2014 V, Vyacheslav Sloviansk called on Vladimir Putin to Volodymyrovic (Donetsk send in Russian troops to h oblast) protect the city and later PONOMARYO Date of birth: asked him to supply V(В'ячеслав 2.5.1965 weapons. Ponomariov's Володимирови men are involved in ч kidnappings (they captured Пономарьов), Irma Krat and Simon Viacheslav Ostrovsky, a reporter for Vladimirovich Vice News, both were later PONOMAREV re• leased, they detained (Вячеслав military observers un• der Владимирович the OSCE Vienna Пономарёв) Document). Remains active in supporting separatist actions and policies. 573 GIBRALTAR GAZETTE, No 4185, Thursday 16 July, 2015 Igor One of the leaders of armed 33 years old EvgenevichKA forces of the self- 12.5.2014 KIDZYANOV( on 8.5.2014 proclaimed ‘Donetsk Игорь Possibly born People's Republic’. The aim ЕвгеньевичКа 25 July 1980 of the forces is to ‘protect кидзянов),Igor in Makiivka the people of the Donetsk Evegenevich (Donetsk People's Republic and KHAKIMZYA oblast) territorial integrity of the NOV republic’ according to Pushylin, one of the leaders (Игорь of the ‘Donetsk People's ЕвгеньевичХа Republic’. кимзянов) Oleg Former Member of the Place of birth: TSARIOV,Ole Rada, as such pub•licly 12.5.2014 h Dnepropetrovs called for the creation of the Anatoliyovych k so-called ‘Federal Republic TSAROV Date of birth: of Novorossiya’, composed 2.6.1970 (Олег of south-eastern Ukrainian Анатолійович regions. Remains active in Царьов), supporting separatist actions or policies. Oleg Anatolevich TSAREV (Олег АнатольевичЦ арёв) Aleksandr Head of the ‘Lugansk Sergeevich Date of birth: People's Republic’ Central 12.1.1981 12.5.2014 MALYKHIN, Electoral Commission. Actively organised the Alexander referendum on 11 May Sergeevich 2014 on the self- MALYHIN determination of the (Александр ‘Lugansk People's Сергеевич Republic’. Малыхин) 574 GIBRALTAR GAZETTE, No 4185, Thursday 16 July, 2015 Aleksandr Former so-called ‘Prime Yurevich Place of birth: Minister of the Donetsk Moscow 12.7.2014 BORODAI People's Republic’, as such Date of birth: responsible for the (Александр 25.7.1972 separatist ‘governmental’ ЮрьевичБоро activities of the so-called дай) ‘government of the Donetsk People's Republic’ (e.g. on 8 July 2014 stated ‘our military is conducting a special operation against the Ukrainian “fascists”’), signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding on ‘Novorossiya union’. Remains active in supporting separatist actions or policies. AlexanderKHO Former so-called ‘Minister DAKOVSKY, Place of birth: of Security of the Donetsk 12.7.2014 Oleksandr Donetsk People's Republic’, as such Serhiyovych Date of birth: responsible for the KHODAKOVS 18.12.1972 separatist security activities KIY of the so-called ‘government of the Donetsk (Олександр People's Republic’. Сергійович Remains active in Ходаковський) supporting separatist actions ,Aleksandr or policies. SergeevichKH ODAKOVSKII (Александр Сергеевич Ходаковский) Alexandr So-called ‘de facto Deputy Aleksandrovich Prime Minister for Social KALYUSSKY, Affairs of the Donetsk Date of birth: 12.7.2014 (Александр 9.10.1975 People's Republic’. Александрови Responsible for the ч Калюсский) separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so-called ‘government of the Donetsk People's Republic’. 575 GIBRALTAR GAZETTE, No 4185, Thursday 16 July, 2015 Alexander So-called ‘Information and KHRYAKOV, Mass Communications Aleksandr Minister of the Donetsk Vitalievich Place of birth: People's Re­ public’. 12.7.2014 Donetsk KHRYAKOV Responsible for the pro- Date of birth: separatist propaganda (Александр 6.11.1958 activities of the so-called ВитальевичХр ‘government of the Donetsk яков), People's Republic’. Oleksandr VitaliyovychK HRYAKOV (Олександр Віталійович Хряков) Marat Place of birth: So-called ‘Prime Minister Faatovich Izhevsk, of the Council of Ministers BASHIROV Russian of the Lugansk People's Federation Republic’, confirmed on 8 12.7.2014 (Марат Date of birth: July 2014.Responsible for ФаатовичБаши the separatist ров) 20.1.1964 ‘governmental’ activities of the so-called ‘government of the Lugansk People's Republic’. Vasyl Place of birth: So-called ‘Vice Prime NIKITIN, Shargun Minister of the Council of (Uzbekistan) Ministers of the Lugansk Vasilii 12.7.2014 Aleksandrovich Date of birth: People's Republic’, (used to NIKITIN be the so-called ‘Prime 25.11.1971 Minister of the Lugansk (Василий People's Republic’, and Александрови former spokesman of the чНикитин) ‘Army of the South­ east’). Responsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so-called ‘government of the Lugansk People's Republic’. Responsible for the statement of the Army of the Southeast that the Ukrainian presidential elections in the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’ cannot take place due to the ‘new’ status of the region. 576 GIBRALTAR GAZETTE, No 4185, Thursday 16 July, 2015 So-called ‘Supreme Council Aleksey Place of birth: Chair of the Lu•gansk 12.7.2014 Vyacheslavovic Stakhanov People's Republic’. h (Lugansk Responsible for the oblast) separatist ‘governmental’ KARYAKIN activities of the ‘Supreme (Алексей Date of birth: Council’, responsible for Вячеславович 7.4.1980 asking the Russian Карякин) or 7.4.1979 Federation to recognize the independence of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’. Signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding on the ‘Novorossiya union’. Yuriy Former so-called ‘Minister Volodymyrovy Place of birth: of Internal Affairs of the 12.7.2014 chIVAKIN(Юр Perevalsk Lugansk People's ій (Lugansk Republic’, as such Володимирови oblast) responsible for the чІвакін),Iurii separatist ‘governmental’ VladimirovichI Date of birth: activities of the so-called VAKIN(Юрий 13.8.1954 ‘government of the Lugansk Владимирович People's Republic’. Ивакин) Igor Place of birth: Former so-called ‘Defence PLOTNITSKY, Lugansk Minister’ and currently so- 12.7.2014 Igor (possibly in called ‘Head’ of the VenediktovichP Kelmentsi, ‘Lugansk People's LOTNITSKII Chernivtsi Republic’. Responsible for (Игорь oblast) the separatist Венедиктович Date of birth: ‘governmental’ activities of Плотницкий) the so-called ‘government 24.6.1964 of the Lugansk People's or 25.6.1964 Republic’. 577 GIBRALTAR GAZETTE, No 4185, Thursday 16 July, 2015 Oleksiy Date of birth: One of the leaders of armed Borisovych
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