Igor Bezler is a former Russian military officer who has actively coordinated subversion activities in Ukrainian territory. Bezler served in the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Armed Forces until 2002 and was then sent to Ukraine. In April, Bezler ordered the arrest and kidnapping of OSCE representatives. Bezler is being designated because he is responsible for or complicit in, or has engaged in, actions or polices that threaten the peace security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine.
BEZLER, Igor Nikolayevich (a.k.a. BEZLER, Igor; a.k.a. BEZLER, Igor Mykolaiovych; a.k.a. BEZLER, Ihor); DOB 1965 (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].