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EU lists firms in India, UAE and Seychelles in new curbs on Russia sanctions busting

Brussels added three people and nine companies to its sanctions list on Thursday, including a trader it says supplies Russian-origin crude to India.

From the editorial desk · BrusselsPublished
European Commission Berlaymont building, Brussels
European Commission Berlaymont building, BrusselsPhoto: EmDee / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Key points

  1. The EU sanctioned three individuals and nine entities for helping Russia get round its curbs.
  2. One listed trader, Hurus Trade FZE, is described as supplying Russian-origin crude to India.
  3. Kaja Kallas said circumvention was "akin to aiding and abetting" Russia's war.

The European Union on Thursday added three people and nine companies to its Russia sanctions list for helping Moscow get round existing curbs on trade, oil and payments. Four of the companies are based in the United Arab Emirates, India and the Seychelles, and one is described as a middleman selling Russian-origin crude to India.

“Circumventing EU sanctions is akin to aiding and abetting Russia’s illegal war of aggression,” said Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief.

Who is on the list

Three of the targets are Russian companies and the people behind them. They are Movers Group LLC, a cargo firm involved in so-called parallel imports, and its general director Dmitry Chudovsky; LLC DT Inier, a licensed customs broker and logistics operator, and its majority shareholder Ivanna Savchuk; and United Stream LLC, a payment agent, with its founder and director Svetlana Gumenyuk.

Two trading companies in Türkiye, Begler Tekstil Insaat Elektronik ve Dis Ticaret Ltd and Medse Group LLC, were listed for moving sanctioned goods into Russia through a global network.

The oil listings take in four firms from the UAE, India and the Seychelles. The EU described DIS Logistics DMCC, Vigor Marine Services LLP and Shiva Shipping Ltd as part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” of tankers. Hurus Trade FZE was listed as a trading intermediary supplying Russian-origin crude oil to India.

Why it matters for India

The listing lands as India’s purchases of Russian oil face pressure from Washington too. A new US law, the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, allows tariffs of up to 100% on countries that keep buying Russian energy if the president chooses to use it. On Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said India had “conveyed to the US side our concerns” about the legislation.

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