EU adds 1 entity and 15 individuals to Russia restrictive-measures annex over Navalny case
EU sanctions-screening teams must add 15 named individuals and IPJSC NTK to filters and block matched transactions
Change
On 15 June 2026, the Council of the European Union amended Decision (CFSP) 2024/1484 via Decision (CFSP) 2026/1363, adding one legal person (IPJSC NTK, holding company of NtechLab) and 15 natural persons to the Russia restrictive-measures annex, in force on publication.
Why it matters
The amendment binds the listed names to the asset-freeze and economic-resource prohibitions of Decision (CFSP) 2024/1484 from the date of publication in the Official Journal. Operators within EU jurisdiction must detect matches to the 15 designated individuals and to IPJSC NTK, and must capture the entity's corporate relationship to NtechLab so indirect exposure is not missed. Until filters reflect the new entries, prohibited funds or economic resources could be made available to a designated person, which is the consequence the screening obligation exists to prevent.
Implications
- — Sanctions-screening teams at EU banks and payment service providers must add the 15 listed natural persons and IPJSC NTK to screening filters and treat positive matches as subject to the asset freeze under Decision (CFSP) 2024/1484 — processing a matched transfer makes funds available to a designated person in breach of the measures.
- — Sanctions and procurement compliance teams running counterparty due diligence in the EU must map NtechLab to its designated holding company IPJSC NTK and block or escalate dealings with either name — failing to link the two risks contracting with a designated entity through its operating-company name.
Who is affected
- — Sanctions-screening teams at EU banks and payment service providers
- — Sanctions and procurement compliance teams running counterparty due diligence in the EU