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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-455/annex",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/455",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2014/455/CFSP of 11 July 2014 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-455",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "LIST OF PERSONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1",
  "text": "Name\nIdentifying information\nReasons\nDate of listing\n1.\nAleksandr Yurevich BORODAI (Александр Юрьевич Бородай)\nDOB: 25.7.1972 in Moscow\nSo called ‘Prime Minister of People's Republic of Donetsk’.\nResponsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so called ‘government of the Donetsk People' s Republic’ (e.g. on 8 July stated ‘our military is conducting a special operation against the Ukrainian “fascists”’), Signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding on ‘Novorossiya union’\n12.7.2014\n2.\nAlexander KHODAKOVSKY (Александр Сергеевич Ходаковский)\nSo called ‘Minister of Security of People's Republic of Donetsk’.\nResponsible for the separatist security activities of the so called ‘government of the Donetsk People' s Republic’\n12.7.2014\n3.\nAlexandr Aleksandrovich KALYUSSKY, (Александр Александрович Калюсский)\nSo called ‘de facto Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs of DPR’.\nResponsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so called ‘government of the Donetsk People' s Republic’\n12.7.2014\n4.\nAlexander KHRYAKOV\nSo called ‘Information and Mass Communications Minister of DPR’.\nResponsible for the pro-separatist propaganda activities of the so called ‘government of the Donetsk People' s Republic’\n12.7.2014\n5.\nMarat BASHIROV\nSo called ‘Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers of the People' s Republic of Luhansk, confirmed on 8 Jul’.\nResponsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so called ‘government of the People' s Republic of Luhansk’\n12.7.2014\n6.\nVasyl NIKITIN\nSo called ‘Vice Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers of the People' s Republic of Luhansk’, (used to be the so called ‘Prime Minister of the People' s Republic of Luhansk’, and former spokesman of the ‘Army of the Southeast’).\nResponsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so called ‘government of the People' s Republic of Luhansk’\nResponsible for the statement of the Army of the Southeast that the Ukrainian presidential elections in the ‘People's Republic of Luhansk’ cannot take place due to the ‘new’ status of the region.\n12.7.2014\n7.\nAleksey KARYAKIN (Алексей Карякин)\n1979\nSo called ‘Supreme Council Chair of the People' s Republic of Luhansk’.\nResponsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the ‘Supreme Council’, responsible for asking the Russian Federation to recognize the independence of ‘People' s Republic of Luhansk’\nSignatory of the Memorandum of Understanding on the ‘Novorossiya union’\n12.7.2014\n8.\nYurij IVAKIN (Юрий Ивакин)\nSo called ‘Minister of Internal Affairs of the People' s Republic of Luhansk’.\nResponsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so called ‘government of the People' s Republic of Luhansk’\n12.7.2014\n9.\nIgor PLOTNITSKY\nSo called ‘Defence Minister of the People' s Republic of Luhansk’.\nResponsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so called ‘government of the People' s Republic of Luhansk’\n12.7.2014\n10.\nNikolay KOZITSYN\nJune 20, 1956 in Donetsk region\nCommander of Cossack forces.\nResponsible for commanding separatists in Eastern Ukraine fighting against the Ukrainian government forces\n12.7.2014\n11.\nOleksiy MOZGOVY (Олексій Мозговий)\nOne of the leaders of armed groups in Eastern Ukraine.\nResponsible for training separatists to fight against the Ukrainian government forces\n12.7.2014",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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