EU Court Removes Sanctions From Former Ukrainian Officials

The European Union General Court annulled an act that sanctioned seven Ukrainians, including the country’s former president and other government officials, according to a July 15 post on the EU Sanctions blog. The court removed sanctions from former Ukrainian president Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych and his son Oleksandr Viktorovych Yanukovych, former minister of revenue and duties Oleksandr Klymenko, former prime minister Sergej Arbuzov, former prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka and his son Artem Pshonka, and the former head of the president’s administration Andriy Klyuyev. All annulments were announced July 11.

Each of the former Ukrainian officials, except Klyuyev, are “still listed because these challenges did not cover their most recent re-listings” from April, the post said. In April, the EU Council extended sanctions for one year on 12 persons identified as responsible for the misappropriation of Ukrainian state funds, the council said in a press release.