Evgeny Prigozhin. File photoBRUSSELS, June 1The European Court of General Jurisdiction dismissed the claim of businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin against the Council of the European Union, which in 2021 put him on the sanctions list for Libya.» The court approved the restrictive measures taken by the EU Council against Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin in connection with the situation in Libya,» the court said in a statement. The court considered that the EU Council provided enough information and evidence to impose personal sanctions.Switzerland imposed sanctions against nine people because of links with Wagner It is alleged that the Wagner organization is involved in the supply of weapons to Libya in violation of the UN embargo, sending mercenaries there to participate in hostilities on the side of the Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar. Thus, her actions ran counter to efforts for a peaceful settlement in Libya with the support of the UN, according to the EU. Inclusion in the EU sanctions list means a ban on entry into the territory of the European Union, freezing assets in the territory of the union. Citizens and organizations in the European Union are prohibited from transferring funds to those on the list. Previously, the Concord company owned by Prigozhin informed that the businessman had nothing to do with the Wagner PMC, «does not finance and does not monitor information about their location.» In December 2020, Prigozhin filed an application with the EU court for his exclusion from the sanctions list for Libya. As emphasized in Concorde, Prigozhin «does not have information about the existence of an organization called the Wagner Group, did not have and does not have any connections and relations with it, including financial ones.» It was also noted that when entering into the sanctions lists, the requirement «to indicate specific justified reasons» was not observed, the principle of predictability of the application of EU regulations was violated and significant errors were made, including abuse of power in assessing the evidence base.
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