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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-241/annex/division-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-241/annex/division-II.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2015/241",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/241 of 9 February 2015 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-2015-241",
  "path": "annex/division/II",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "Entities",
  "text": "Name\nIdentifying information\nStatement of reasons\nDate of Listing\n29.\nCossack National Guard\nКазачья Национальная Гвардия\nArmed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.\nCommanded by and therefore associated with a listed person Nikolay KOZITSYN.\n16.2.2015\n30.\nSparta battalion\nБатальон ‘Спарта’\nArmed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.\nCommanded by and therefore associated with a listed person Arseny PAVLOV.\n16.2.2015\n31.\nSomali battalion\nБатальон ‘Сомали’\nArmed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.\nCommanded by and therefore associated with a listed person Mikhail TOLSTYKH aka Givi.\n16.2.2015\n32.\nZarya battalion\nБатальон ‘Заря’\nArmed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.\n16.2.2015\n33.\nPrizrak brigade\nБригада ‘Призрак’\nArmed separatist which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.\nCommanded by and therefore associated with a listed person Oleksiy MOZGOVY.\n16.2.2015\n34.\nOplot battalion\nБатальон ‘Оплот’\nSocial media:\nhttp://vk.com/oplot_info\nArmed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.\n16.2.2015\n35.\nKalmius battalion\nБатальон ‘Кальмиус’\nArmed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.\n16.2.2015\n36.\nDeath battalion\nБатальон ‘Смерть’\nArmed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to further destabilise Ukraine.\n16.2.2015\n37.\nPublic Movement ‘NOVOROSSIYA’\nДвижение Новороссия\nThe Public Movement ‘Novorossiya’/‘New Russia’ was established in November 2014 in Russia and is headed by Russian officer Igor Strelkov (identified as a staff member of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU)).\nAccording to its stated objectives, it aims at providing all-round, effective assistance to ‘Novorossiya’, including by helping militia fighting in Eastern Ukraine, thereby supporting policies undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.\nAssociated with a person listed for undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine.\n16.2.2015",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/241/annex/division/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:28.211441+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}