The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated six individuals who represent Crimea and Sevastopol in the Russian State Duma (Parliament).
Ukrainian News Agency learned this from a statement made by the Department.
“Specifically, OFAC designated Dmitry Belik, Andrey Kozenko, Konstantin Bakharev, Svetlana Savchenko, Ruslan Balbek, and Pavel Shperov pursuant to Executive Order 13660 for being responsible for or complicit in actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Ukraine and actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine. Last week, the European Union also designated these six individuals,” it reads.
These actions support the U.S. commitment to seek a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Ukraine by maintaining our sanctions on Russia and to further align U.S. measures with those of our international partners.
“These steps also demonstrate our sustained commitment to a policy of non-recognition with respect to Russia’s purported annexation of Crimea, and our intent to maintain Crimea-related sanctions until Russia ends its occupation of the peninsula,” the Department said.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the Council of the European Union in November Balbek, Bakharev, Belik, Kozenko, Savchenko (all from United Russia) and Shperov (Liberal Democratic Party of Russia) to the list of persons involved in actions against the territorial integrity of Ukraine who fall under sanctions.
Savchenko won the election in the single-seat constituency No.21 (with the centre in Yevpatoriya) with Shperov second.
Belik won the Duma election in the single-seat constituency No.219 (Sevastopol) Kozenko in the single-seat constituency No.19 (Simferopol), Bakharev in the single-seat constituency No.20 (Kerch) and "deputy chairman of the council of ministers of the republic of Crimea" Ruslan Balbek entered the Duma on the United Russia ticket.
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