21/02/2022 (Agence Europe) – The Council of the European Union adopted, on Monday 21 February, restrictive measures against five persons in connection with the elections for the Russian Duma that were held on 19 September 2021 in Crimea (see EUROPE 12887/16). They are the members of the Duma elected to represent the Crimean peninsula and the city of Sevastopol, Aleksei Cherniak, Leonid Babashov and Tatyana Lobach, the Chair of the Sevastopol electoral commission, Nina Faustova, and her deputy, Aleksandr Chmyhalov. With these new listings, the EU’s restrictive measures concerning the territorial integrity of Ukraine now apply to a total of 193 individuals and 48 entities. These individuals and entities are subject to an asset freeze and, for individuals, an EU travel ban. See the legal act related to the EU Council decision: https://aeur.eu/f/F9 (CG)