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PRESS RELEASE No 43/23

Luxembourg, 8 March 2023

Judgment of the General Court in Case T-212/22 | Prigozhina v Council

The General Court annuls the restrictive measures applied to Ms Violetta Prigozhina, mother of Mr Yevgeniy Prigozhin, in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine

Even if the latter is responsible for actions undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, the link between Ms Prigozhina and her son established at the time of the adoption of the contested acts is based solely on their family relationship and is therefore not sufficient to justify her inclusion on the contested lists

In order to respond to the illegal annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by Russia in March 2014 and to Russia’s destabilising actions in eastern Ukraine, the Council of the European Union adopted, on 17 March 2014, a series of restrictive measures. 1 It provided, inter alia, for restrictions to prevent the entry into, or transit through, the territories of the Member States of certain persons responsible, inter alia, for actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. In addition, the Council froze their funds and their economic resources. Likewise, it imposed similar penalties on the persons, entities or bodies associated with them.

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