The Council of the EU has added four persons and one entity to EU sanctions list.
The new listings include the Russian para-governmental Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, the Chairwoman of the Safe Internet League and three persons employed in the Russian judicial system.
Those listed under the sanctions regime are subject to an asset freeze, and the provision of funds or economic resources, directly or indirectly, to them or for their benefit, is prohibited. Additionally, a travel ban to the EU applies to the natural persons listed.
The following persons and entity have been added to the sanctions list:
- Ekaterina Mikhailovna Mizulina. DOB: 1.9.1984. POB: Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation). Nationality: Russian. Gender: female. Associated individuals: Elena Borisovna Mizulina; Konstantin Valerevich Malofeev. Ekaterina Mizulina is the Chairwoman of the Safe Internet League. In this position, she is enforcing censorship practices against Internet content creators and artists in favour of the Russian government and its policies.
- Valentina Evgenievna Levashova. DOB: 14.10.1978. Nationality: Russian. Gender: female. Valentina Levashova is a judge at the Basmanniy District Court of Moscow. She is a representative of the judiciary who made biased decisions in politically motivated cases, including in the case against Vladimir Kara-Murza. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia, in April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp.
- Oleg Viktorovich Alypov. DOB: 7.3.1981. Nationality: Russian. Gender: male. Oleg Alypov is the Golovinsky Interdistrict Prosecutor of Moscow.
- Ludmila Mikhailovna Smolkina. DOB: 6.8.1961. Nationality: Russian. Gender: female. Ludmila Smolkina is a Judge at the Moscow City Court.
- Safe Internet League. Safe Internet League is a Russian para-governmental organisation co-founded by the owner of the Tsargrad TV channel Konstantin Malofeev, with support from the Russian government. Safe Internet League is trying to make Internet content creators and artists either to delete anti-government content or to create content in favour of the Russian government and praising its policies.
