Ukraine situation: Australia designates 50 persons and 11 entities subject to Australia’s autonomous sanctions

On 19 June 2014 the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Ukraine) List 2014 (the Ukraine List) commenced.

The Ukraine List gives effect to announcements by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 19 March and 21 May 2014 to impose targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against persons and entities responsible for, or complicit in, the Russian threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

The 50 persons and 11 entities named in Schedule 1 of the Ukraine List satisfy the criteria in regulation 6 of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 to be designated for targeted financial sanctions or declared for travel bans. The details of these persons and entities have been published in the DFAT Consolidated List.
Further information: Ukraine sanctions page