Fedor Berezin served as the deputy to Igor Girkin (a.k.a. Igor Strelkov), “defense minister” of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic. Berezin continues to play a leadership role in the separatist region’s armed forces following Girkin’s August 2014 resignation. Berezin is being designated because he is responsible for actions that threaten the territorial integrity of Ukraine, has acted on behalf of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, and is a leader of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic.
BEREZIN, Fedor (a.k.a. BEREZIN, Fyodor; a.k.a. BEREZIN, Fyodor Dmitrievich); DOB 07 Feb 1960; POB Donetsk, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].