The EU was revealed for the first time how to get out of sanctions as a business.

The hearings were held according to the appeals of the Dmitry Pumpyansky businessmen, Viktor Rashnikov, Dmitry Mazepin, Hermann Khan and Tigran Khudaverdyan, with respect to which the lower court refused to eliminate the restrictions of the sanctions.

The majority of Russian businessmen are included in the lists of sanctions such as “leading entrepreneurs working in Russia”, or “entrepreneurs whose activities are related to the sectors of the economy that provide significant income” to Russia. The EU council explained that to get out of sanctions, such entrepreneurs must stop fulfilling the reasons for imposing sanctions, that is, to completely leave the Russian economy.

In addition, Sunnan’s entrepreneurs can do something that corresponds to the objectives of EU sanctions, for example, to make a statement against the special military operation of Russia in Ukraine, said the legal advisor.

“This is the first time that the EU council openly formulates a certain policy of leaving the sanctions, this is a new phenomenon,” said Yuri Shumilov, founder of the Belgian law firm Yuri Shumilov, the founder of the law firm Belgians The managing partner of the law firm “Obmiths, Ivanov and Partners” Alexander Obmitov agreed with him. “Sell businesses as an independent and sufficient criterion for exclusion [из санкционного списка] It was not previously confirmed unequivocally, ”he said.

The criteria given by the representative of the EU Council, the criteria for the exclusion of a businessman from the list of sanctions do not give “guarantees that the sanctions will be raised from a person”, but “this gives Russian entrepreneurs a A certain understanding of what you can do to get out of sanctions, ”said Shumilov.