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Batalion "Smert"

Sanctioned entity

Batalion "Smert" is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Organization				[sources]
Name	Batalion "Smert" · Death Battalion · Death battalion · Smert · Батальйон "Смерть" · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Batallion de la mort · Batalyon Smert · Death Battalion · Smert (Death) Batallion · Smert Batallion · 3 more...				[sources]
Legal form	Armed Separatist Group				[sources]
Country	Ukraine				[sources]
Status	not available				[sources]
Address	A former tourist camp outside Donetsk which has been turned into a base for the Death Battalion.				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-28	Last processed	2025-02-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Previously listed under 'Ukraine criteria' - Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Ukraine) Amendment List 2017 (No 2) [F2017L01118]; New listing start date 27 Aug 2023

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-10-19

Part of the so-called “2nd Army Corps” of the “Lugansk People's Republic”.

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2024-03-28

Armed separatist group

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2024-11-21

none

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

Armed separatist group which has actively supported actions which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and further destabilise Ukraine. Part of the so-called "2nd Army Corps" of the "Lugansk People's Republic".

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2024-08-23

Armed separatist group

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2024-11-21

none

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2023-04-20

Part of the so-called “2nd Army Corps” of the “Lugansk People's Republic”.

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2024-03-28

Part of the so called "2nd Army Corps of the "Lugansk People's Republic". Also part of the Great Don Army.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Part of the so called "2nd Army Corps of the "Lugansk People's Republic". Also part of the Great Don Army.

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
A former tourist camp outside Donetsk which has been turned into a base for the Death Battalion.	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Russia)	2023-08-27	-
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Russia Sanctions Act 2022	2022-03-18	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
National Security and Defense Council	126/2018	2018-05-14	2021-05-14
Federal Public Service Finance	UKR	2017-03-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	549/2015	2015-09-16	2016-09-16
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	2018-05-15
Global Affairs Canada	Ukraine	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	UKR	2017-03-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	266/2021	2021-06-24	2024-06-24
National Security and Defense Council	467/2016	2016-10-17	2017-10-17
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	176/2018	2018-06-21	2021-06-21
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine (RS 946.231.176.72), annexes 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 14a, 15, 15a, 15b, 25 and 33	2015-03-06	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Russia	2020-12-31	-

Data sources

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,447

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions18,092

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,723

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,662

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,664

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,934

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,485

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,606

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

New Zealand Russia Sanctions1,788

The New Zealand government's list of people and companies sanctioned in relation to the Russian attack on Ukraine.

New Zealand · MFAT

Source data IDs: gb-hmt-13225 · nz-ru-ent-7 · ua-nabc-company-1746-death-battalion · ca-sema-2469e11a506110c7d6ddf1b7871b17b3c2904183 · ca-sema-1-part-2-31-ua-smert · au-dfat-3394-smert-death-battalion · ua-nsdc-org-176-2018-1059 · eu-tb-logical-7577 · ca-sema-ukraine-1-part-2-31 · ch-seco-30529 · NK-XmMk38hjbkZyPFXUzdtLTM · gb-fcdo-rus0170 · nz-ru-ent-7-death-battalion · au-dfat-7672-death-battalion · ua-nsdc-10087-bataljon-smert · NK-Ppvctc6C9gckfhXXVsEYZS · ua-nazk-company-1746 · eu-fsf-eu-3961-44

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