EU Court of Justice lifts sanctions off Russian businessman for first time

On 6 September, for the first time ever, the European Court of Justice granted a lawsuit from a Russian businessman, in which he asked the court to remove his name from the updated EU sanctions lists, which will be made public in September and allows the sanctions to be lifted. Source: Radio Liberty Details: This concerns Russian businessman Alexander Shulgin, who was included in the sanctions lists as the head of the Ozon Group, Russia's leading e-commerce platform, which brings significant revenues to the Russian budget.

As the press service of the Court explained to Radio Liberty, in his lawsuit, Shulgin did not challenge the sanctions as such; he only demanded that they exclude him from any future lists.

In making the decision, the court took into account that Shulgin resigned as CEO of Ozon Group and resigned from the board of directors on 11 April 2022, after the European Union and Australia imposed sanctions on him. The EU Council previously agreed that they would not include Shulgin in the updated lists, which will be published in September, given the fragility of the case against the former businessman.

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Background:

• So far, only a subsidiary of the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin has managed to win the court and lift the sanctions.

• Currently, the EU Court in Luxembourg is considering about 80 lawsuits from individuals and legal entities from the Russian Federation and Belarus, challenging the decision on sanctions.

• Earlier, the UK, despite numerous sanctions against the Russian Federation, issued at least 82 licences to sanctioned Russian oligarchs "for personal expenses" of up to US£1 million a year, which the Russians can spend on "basic needs", including chauffeurs, cooks and maids.

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