Designations Regarding Separatists (E.O. 13660)
Today’s action also targets six Ukrainian separatists pursuant to E.O. 13660, who are already on the EU sanctions list, for being responsible for or complicit in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine; for acting for or on behalf of previously designated groups as leaders of such entities; or for asserting governmental authority over a part or region of Ukraine without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine. This action is being taken as part of an ongoing effort to hold accountable those who are responsible for violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Vasily Nikitin is currently “deputy prime minister” for the LPR and has previously served as the so-called prime minister for the LPR and helped to organize the LPR’s illegal May 2014 referendum in favor of independence. Nikitin is being designated for being responsible for or complicit in, or having engaged in, actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine; asserting governmental authority over a part or region of Ukraine without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine; and acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of the LPR.
NIKITIN, Vasiliy Aleksandrovich (Cyrillic: НИКИТИН, Василий Александрович) (a.k.a. NIKITIN, Vasily; a.k.a. NIKITIN, Vasyl); DOB 25 Nov 1971 (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660].