Designations Regarding Former Yanukovych Officials (E.O. 13660)
Today’s action also targets two former Yanukovych regime officials pursuant to E.O. 13660, which authorizes sanctions against, among others, those threatening the security and stability of Ukraine, and those misappropriating public assets. These individuals are Vitaliy Zakharchenko and Dmytro Tabachnyk, who are already on the EU sanctions list. Today’s action supports the Ukrainian government’s efforts to target the misappropriation of state assets. These designations also underscore our efforts to align our sanctions list with the EU, to the extent possible.
Vitaliy Zakharchenko issued the order on February 20, 2014 to use firearms against peaceful Euro-Maydan protestors in Ukraine, which resulted in dozens of deaths. He is being designated for being responsible for or complicit in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, and for materially assisting former Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych, pursuant to E.O. 13660 on March 17, 2014.
ZAKHARCHENKO, Vitaliy Yuriyovych; DOB 20 Jan 1963; POB Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine (individual) [UKRAINE-EO13660] (Linked To: YANUKOVYCH, Viktor Fedorovych).