Sanctions notice Russia 04 June 2026

Published by	External Relations
Type	Sanctions
Date published	04 June 2026

Introduction

1. On 04 June 2026 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ('FCDO') updated the UK Sanctions List to reflect changes to those persons designated under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the 'UK Regulations'). A link to the UK Sanctions List can be found below.

2. Any changes to designations made under the UK Regulations are effective immediately in Jersey by virtue of the ambulatory provisions of the Sanctions and Asset Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 ('SAFL') and the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021.

Notice summary

3. 1 entry to the UK Sanctions List has been corrected and 1 entry has been revoked.

4. The following person remains subject to sanctions, including an asset freeze under Part 3 of SAFL:

Liran COHEN (UK Sanctions List Unique ID: RUS3607)

5. Sanctions imposed under the Russia regime no longer apply to the following entity:

Limited Liability Company responsibility of 'RBRU Specialized depository' (UK Sanctions List Unique ID: RUS2682)

What you must do

6. You must:

immediately check whether you maintain any accounts or hold any funds or economic resources for the person set out in paragraph 4 above
freeze such accounts, and other funds or economic resources without prior notice and without delay
refrain from dealing with the funds or assets or making them available (directly or indirectly) to such persons unless licensed by the Minister for External Relations (the 'Minister')
report any findings to the Minister, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with SAFL using the sanctions compliance reporting form below
provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that the Minister may request. Information reported to the Minister may be passed on to other regulatory authorities or law enforcement

7. Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or economic resources held frozen for designated persons, they are not required to report these details again as a result of this notice.

8. Failure to comply with sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.

Further information

9. FCDO sanctions notice Russia 04 June 2026.

10.Sanctions compliance reporting form.

11. Find more information on sanctions in Jersey.

12. Find additional information published by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).

13. A copy of the UK Regulations can be obtained from legislation.gov.uk.

14. The UK Sanctions List on GOV.UK provides a full list of persons designated under the UK Regulations and is available in a range of formats.

Enquiries

15. Non-media enquiries, sanctions compliance reporting, and licence applications should be emailed to the Jersey Sanctions Implementation Unit at sanctions@gov.je.