EU sanctions three individuals and nine entities for circumventing restrictions on Russia

The Council of the European Union has added three individuals and nine entities to its Ukraine-related sanctions list, targeting what it describes as the circumvention of EU restrictions on Russia. The legal acts are dated 15 October 2026, and the Council announced the listings on 16 October.

Under the measures, the assets of those listed are frozen, EU persons and companies may not make funds or economic resources available to them, and the three individuals are subject to an EU travel ban.

Who is listed

The Council names three Russian individuals: Dmitry Chudovsky, general director of MOVERS GROUP LLC; Ivanna Savchuk, majority shareholder of LLC DT INIER; and Svetlana Gumenyuk, founder and director of United Stream LLC. It describes MOVERS GROUP as a cargo delivery company involved in parallel imports of goods subject to EU restrictions, DT INIER as a licensed customs broker and logistics operator, and United Stream as a financial services company acting as a payment agent and intermediary.

Two trading companies in Türkiye, BEGLER TEKSTIL INSAAT ELEKTRONIK VE DIS TICARET LTD and MEDSE GROUP LLC, are also listed. The remaining entities are tied to oil and shipping. DIS Logistics DMCC, Vigor Marine Services LLP and SHIVA SHIPPING LTD are described as part of the shadow fleet ecosystem, while HURUS TRADE FZE is described as a trading intermediary supplying Russian-origin crude oil to India. The Council says the oil-related listings are based in the United Arab Emirates, India and the Seychelles, without giving the location of each entity.

The Council’s rationale

The Council says the listings target schemes for importing sanctioned goods into Russia as well as oil and financial transactions that help Moscow get around the restrictions. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said: “Circumventing EU sanctions is akin to aiding and abetting Russia’s illegal war of aggression.”

The decisions are published in the Official Journal of the EU as Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/2332, which amends Decision 2014/145/CFSP, and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2333, which implements Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

Background

The new listings are far smaller than the package of 13 October, when the EU added 1,569 names, covered in EU lists 1,569 Russian firms and executives in its largest sanctions package on the military-industrial complex. Enforcement against the tanker network has also been visible at sea, as in French Navy boards Russian “shadow fleet” tanker DF Peak in the Indian Ocean; Macron: “We will fight the ghost fleet everywhere”.