
The EU General Court has annulled EU Council decisions from September 2024 and March 2025 sanctioning former Russian businessman Dmitry Pumpyanskiy, shortly before a rollover decision on sanctions is due from the body.
Judges held that the Council could not regard “the mere fact” that Pumpyanskiy held relevant executive positions a year before the sanctions decisions as sufficient to justify listing him as a person providing material or financial support to the Russian Government.