Brussels, 27/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 27 October, the General Court of the EU set aside the asset freeze imposed on Andriy Portnov, one-time adviser to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
In response to the Ukrainian crisis, the Council decided on 5 March 2014 to impose sanctions on Portnov on the grounds that he was a “person subject to criminal proceedings in Ukraine to investigate crimes in connection with the embezzlement of Ukrainian State funds and their illegal...