The European Union lifted sanctions on three Russian businessmen

This list included:

• former Ozon boss Alexander Shulgin;
• billionaire Farhad Akhmedov;
• businessman Grigori Berezkin;
• Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces Georgy Shuvaev, who died during the conflict in Ukraine.

On September 6, the Court of the European Union decided for the first time to lift sanctions against the Russian businessman, former CEO of Ozon, Alexander Shulgin. The court decided that Shulgin, after leaving his position as CEO of Ozon, ceased to be an influential Russian businessman.

The EU later announced that it had removed four Russians from the sanctions list, who were included there for “a threat to undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine”; Their names were not revealed.

The sanctions against Akhmedov, Berezkin and Shulgin were introduced in April 2022. The sanctions against Akhmedov are explained by the fact that he is a prominent businessman operating in sectors of the economy that provide an important source of income for the government and that in addition It is near the Kremlin. Berezkin was included in the sanctions list as a “subject” of the President of the Russian Federation, and Shulgin was designated as a member of the circle of oligarchs close to the head of state. The former director of Ozon left his position at the head of the company after the imposition of sanctions.

At the end of February 2023, sanctions were introduced against Colonel Shuvaev for undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

The EU introduced the 11th sanctions package at the end of June 2023.