Attached is the press-release with the designations. It relates to the designation of Russian television presenters Dmitry Guberniev, Ekaterina Andreeva and Maria Sittel, a propagandist Pavel Zarubin as well as cultural figures: actor Roman Chumakov and Ukrainian-born Russian ballet dancer Sergey Polunin.
The legal basis for designation is Article 2(3)(a)(iv) of Regulation 2024/2642 which permits to designate the persons benefiting Russian Govenment who are “planning, directing, engaging in, directly or indirectly, supporting, or otherwise facilitating the use of information manipulation and interference” in connection with the war in Ukraine.