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Designations under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, announced by the FCDO and implemented by OFSI. The package groups four distinct designation rationales in one tranche: shadow-fleet LNG tankers (including vessels identified with Novatek's Arctic LNG-2 project) funding Russia's war effort; individuals running pro-Kremlin disinformation operations; individuals implicated in torture and arbitrary detention of Ukrainian civilians in occupied territory; and individuals involved in the forced militarisation/deportation of Ukrainian children. This continues the UK's cumulative shadow-fleet and individual-designation cadence seen in prior packages (e.g. 2025-09-12-uk-fcdo-russia-sanctions-27-entities-70-vessels).
Severity 4, mixed. The quantified anchor is the designation count — 23 individuals/entities plus 8 vessels — corroborated independently by TASS reporting of the same figures. No SI number or formal legal instrument citation was published in the FCDO press release at filing time; the designations take effect immediately under the standing Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 framework, which already carries asset-freeze and travel-ban consequences for listed persons and shipping-sanctions consequences for listed vessels — hence above a routine single-designation severity, but judgment-weighted down from the top of the scale because this is an incremental addition to an existing, heavily designated regime rather than a new sanctions perimeter.
continuing pressure on Russia's seaborne crude/LNG price-cap evasion.
militarisation as a standalone rationale alongside the more established war-chest-financing and disinformation categories.
list entry were not available in the FCDO press release at filing time — a follow-up amendment should add the gov.uk "List of Russia Sanctions Targets" policy-paper citation once published.