EU Targets 6 Russian Rail Giant TransContainer, and Oligarch-Linked Firm

Rail Giant TransContainer Sanctioned By EU

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EU Targets 6 Russian Rail Giant TransContainer

The European Union has imposed sanctions on 6 Russian individuals and entities in response to Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, as reported by the Official Journal of the EU. Among those sanctioned is TransContainer, one of Russia’s largest rail container operators. Last year, the company’s revenues increased due to Belarusian cargo transported through northwestern Russian ports. Additionally, TransContainer operates a new terminal in the special economic zone Alabuga, linked to the supply of UAVs used by Russia in attacks on Ukraine. The company is also associated with arms supplies from North Korea and logistical support for military operations in Ukraine.

6 Russian individuals and entities Sanctioned By EU

The EU sanctions list includes Mikhail Konzarev, the CEO of TransContainer. Sanctions were also imposed on the Russian financial company Titul and its head, Dmitry Beloglazov. Additionally, the list includes the companies Iliadis and Rasperia Trading Limited, the latter of which owns shares in the European company Strabag SE, frozen due to Rasperia being controlled by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

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The following persons and entities are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014:

Persons

	Name	Identifying information	Statement of Reasons	Date of listing
‘1824.	Mikhail Rudolfovich KONTSEREV(Михаил Рудольфович КОНЦЕРЕВ)	Function: General Director of PJSC TransContainerDOB: 11.6.1970POB: Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: maleTaxpayer Identification Number: I781400896256	Mikhail Kontserev is the General Director of Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) TransContainer. PJSC TransContainer is a Russian transportation company and Russia’s largest railway container operator. PJSC TransContainer revenues increased throughout 2023 and it recorded an increase in transit traffic in the second half of 2023, which was primarily due to the flow of Belarusian cargo through the ports of the north-west of Russia. PJSC TransContainer has also agreed to offer its services at the new terminal of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The Alabuga SEZ has been cooperating with the Ministry of Defence and Logistics of the Iranian Armed Forces to locate the production site of Shahed loitering munitions (the name of the Russian version is “Geran”).	28.6.2024
			In addition, PJSC TransContainer participates in illegal weapon trade schemes with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in support of the Russian Government. In 2023, shipment containers owned by PJSC TransContainer were spotted en route to Rajin port, DPRK. Containers from PJSC TransContainer were also spotted at Tikhoretsk Ammo Depot, which provides supplies of various types of ammunition to the Russian armed forces. Tikhoretsk Ammo Depot, a strategic storage facility located around 400 kilometres from the border with Ukraine, supports operational munitions storage facilities for the Russian armed forces closer to the Ukraine front.Therefore, Mikhail Kontserev, in his capacity as the General Director of PJSC TransContainer, is supporting materially the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.
1825.	Dimitry Aleksandrovich BELOGLAZOV(Дмитрий Александрович БЕЛОГЛАЗОВ)	Function: Businessperson, owner of LLC TitulDOB: 18.2.1968Nationality: RussianGender: male	Dimitry Beloglazov is the owner of LLC Titul (based in Russia) which established a subsidiary, Joint Stock Company (JSC) Iliadis (based in Russia), to acquire Oleg Deripaska’s share in the International LLC Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia). Rasperia owns 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those shares were frozen because Rasperia was controlled by Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive measures.Oleg Deripaska coordinated a complex evasion scheme with Dimitry Beloglazov to sell the frozen shares of STRABAG. To that end, Beloglazov’s company LLC Titul established a subsidiary, JSC Iliadis, which acquired Deripaska’s share of Rasperia, and thereby also the frozen STRABAG shares. Deripaska received an equivalent economic benefit for the sale of Rasperia.	28.6.2024’;
			Dimitry Beloglazov and the involved companies LLC Titul, JSC Iliadis and Rasperia used this scheme to sell, outside the Union, a non-Union company controlled by a listed person and owning frozen shares of a Union company with the sole purpose to lift the freezing of those shares in the Union, thereby circumventing Union restrictive measures.Therefore, Dimitry Beloglazov is facilitating infringements of the prohibition against circumvention of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

Entities

	Name	Identifying information	Reasons	Date of listing
‘474.	PJSC TransContainer(ПАО Трансконтейнер)	Address: 141402, Russian Federation, Moscow region, Khimki, Leningradskaya st., vld. 39Type of entity: Public Joint Stock CompanyPlace of registration: Russian FederationDate of registration: 4.3.2006	PJSC TransContainer is a Russian transportation company and Russia’s largest railway container operator. PJSC TransContainer revenues increased throughout 2023 and it recorded an increase in transit traffic in the second half of 2023, which was primarily due to the flow of Belarusian cargo through the ports of the north-west of Russia. PJSC TransContainer has also agreed to offer its services at the new terminal of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The Alabuga SEZ has been cooperating with the Ministry of Defence and Logistics of the Iranian Armed Forces to locate the production site of Shahed loitering munitions (the name of the Russian version is “Geran”).	28.6.2024
		Registration number: 1067746341024Principal place of business: Khimki, Russian FederationTaxpayer Identification Number: 7708591995Website: www.trcont.ruTel.: + 7 495 788 17 17Email: [email protected]	In addition, PJSC TransContainer participates in illegal weapon trade schemes with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in support of the Russian Government. In 2023, shipment containers owned by PJSC TransContainer were spotted en route to Rajin port, DPRK. Containers from PJSC TransContainer were also spotted at Tikhoretsk Ammo Depot, which provides supplies of various types of ammunition to the Russian armed forces. Tikhoretsk Ammo Depot, a strategic storage facility located around 400 kilometres from the border with Ukraine, supports operational munitions storage facilities for the Russian armed forces closer to the Ukraine front.PJSC TransContainer is therefore supporting actions which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, and is furthermore supporting materially the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.
475.	LLC TITUL(ООО ТИТУЛ)	Address: 123056, Russian Federation, Moscow, ul. Krasina, 7 str. 2, kom. 3Type of entity: Limited Liability CompanyPlace of registration: Moscow, Russian FederationDate of registration: 23.4.2019Registration number: 1197746281897	LLC Titul is a company based in Russia and owned by Dimitry Beloglazov. Its subsidiary Joint Stock Company (JSC) Iliadis (based in Russia) acquired Oleg Deripaska’s share in the International LLC Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia). Rasperia owns 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those shares were frozen because Rasperia was controlled by Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive measures.The establishment of a subsidiary of LLC Titul was coordinated between Dimitry Beloglazov and Oleg Deripaska to sell the frozen shares of STRABAG. To that end, Beloglazov’s company LLC Titul established a subsidiary, JSC Iliadis, which acquired Deripaska’s share of Rasperia, and thereby also the frozen STRABAG shares. Deripaska received an equivalent economic benefit for the sale of Rasperia.	28.6.2024
			Dimitry Beloglazov and the involved companies LLC Titul, JSC Iliadis and Rasperia used this complex scheme to sell, outside the Union, a non-Union company controlled by a listed person and owning frozen shares of a Union company with the sole purpose to lift the freezing of those shares in the Union, thereby circumventing Union restrictive measures.Therefore, LLC Titul is facilitating infringements of the prohibition against circumvention of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.
476.	JSC ILIADIS(АО Илиадис)	Address: 105120, Russian Federation Moscow, per. 3-i Syromiatnicheskii, 3/9 str. 1Type of entity: Joint Stock CompanyEmail: [email protected] of registration: Moscow, Russian FederationDate of registration: 12.7.2023Registration number: 1237700470842	JSC Iliadis is a company based in Russia. It was established as a subsidiary of LLC Titul, a company based in Russia owned by Dimitry Aleksandrovich Beloglazov, and it acquired Oleg Deripaska’s share in the International LLC Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia). Rasperia owns 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those shares were frozen because Rasperia was controlled by Oleg Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive measures.The establishment of the subsidiary JSC Iliadis was coordinated between Dimitry Beloglazov and Oleg Deripaska to sell the frozen shares of STRABAG. To that end, Beloglazov’s company LLC Titul established a subsidiary, JSC Iliadis, which acquired Deripaska’s share of Rasperia, and thereby also the frozen STRABAG shares. Deripaska received an equivalent economic benefit for the sale of Rasperia.	28.6.2024
			Dimitry Beloglazov and the involved companies LLC Titul, JSC Iliadis and Rasperia used this complex scheme to sell, outside the Union, a non-Union company controlled by a listed person and owning frozen shares of a Union company with the sole purpose to lift the freezing of those shares in the Union, thereby circumventing Union restrictive measures.Therefore, JSC Iliadis is facilitating infringements of the prohibition against circumvention of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.
477.	International LLC “Rasperia Trading Limited”(МКАО “Распериа Трейдинг Лимитед”)	Address: 236006, Region Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad, Solnechny blvd., 25, premisch. A/60Type of entity: International Limited Liability CompanyDate of registration: 20.5.2019 (registered as a small and medium sized enterprise);10.7.2023 (registered as a small sized enterprise)Registration number: 1193926007153	International LLC Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia) owns 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those shares were frozen because Rasperia was controlled by Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive measures.Oleg Deripaska coordinated a complex evasion scheme with Dimitry Aleksandrovich Beloglazov to sell the frozen shares of STRABAG. To that end, Beloglazov’s company LLC Titul (based in Russia) established a subsidiary, JSC Iliadis (based in Russia), which acquired Deripaska’s share of Rasperia, and thereby also the frozen STRABAG shares. Deripaska received an equivalent economic benefit for the sale of Rasperia.	28.6.2024’.
			Beloglazov and the involved companies LLC Titul, JSC Iliadis and Rasperia used this complex scheme to sell, outside the Union, a non-Union company controlled by a listed person and owning frozen shares of a Union company with the sole purpose to lift the freezing of those shares in the Union, thereby circumventing Union restrictive measures.Therefore, Rasperia is facilitating infringements of the prohibition against circumvention of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.