UKSL Sanctions designation

Free Donbass

Entity · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
RUS0176
OFSI group ID
13185
Designation type
Entity
Date designated
31 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Trust Services Sanctions
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Public 'organisation' that presented candidates in the so called 'elections' of the so called 'Donetsk People's Republic' on 2 November 2014. These elections are in breach of Ukrainian law and therefore illegal. In participating formally in illegal 'elections' it has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and to further destabilise Ukraine. The trust services sanctions were imposed on 21/03/2023.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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