IN BRIEF: EU add about 1,600 companies, individuals to anti-Russian sanction list

MOSCOW, October 12. /TASS/. The European Union approved the 22nd package of anti-Russian sanctions and blacklisted about 1,600 companies and individuals related to the defense sector, EU diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas said on X.

TASS has collected key details of new restrictions.

Scale

- The EU expanded the special designations list against Russia from 3,100 to 4,700 position, according to the Council Resolution posted on the Official Journal of the EU.

- Sanctions were imposed in total on 826 companies and 743 individuals, mainly businessmen and officials associated with the Russian defense sector.

- The EU blacklist accordingly grew up by 1.5 times.

- All the persons in the list are banned from entering the EU, their assets should be frozen in the EU, and EU companies and individuals are debarred from having any relations with them.

Individuals

- The EU Council added to its sanction list 77 participants in elections to the State Duma in Crimea, Donbass and Novorossiya, including candidates and elected parliament members.

- The EU included in the 22nd package of sanctions CEO of the Middle Neva Shipyard Sergey Karachkov, President of Black Horse holding Vladimir Sokolov, CEO of the 81st Armor Repair Plant Vladimir Belakin, ex-CEO of the Krylov State Research Center Dmitry Novikov, head of the Special Design Bureau of the Russian Defense Ministry Denis Gorsky, CEO of the United Rocket and Space Corporation Sergey Gureev, CEO of the Russian Space Systems Dmitry Avtaikin and CEO of the State Munition Test Ranges Stanislav Yuzov.

- Restrictions were also introduced against President of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences Vasily Burenok

- The EU added former acting Prime Minister of Ukraine Gennady Arbuzov to its sanction list as well.

Organizations and companies

- The EU added UDC-Gas Turbines gas turbine equipment producer into the sanction list.

- Restrictions were also introduced against UDC-Perm Motors, the engine producer for civil and transport aviation and commercial gas turbines.

- Russian tire holding Cordiant was blacklisted.

- Sanctions were imposed on Samolyot developer and its CEO Anna Akinshina.

- The Gaz Automobile Plant was added to the designation list.

- Sevmash, Zvezda and Rybinsk Shipyards were hit by sanctions.

- Sanctions were expanded to cover Russian producers of IT solutions and microelectronics, as well as apparel factories.