Serhiy Klyuyev

[3] From 2006 to 2019 he was a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada (the national parliament of Ukraine)[1] and the formal owner of the Mezhigorye residence of former President Viktor Yanukovych.

In the October 2014, Klyuyev was again re-elected into parliament at the Ukrainian parliamentary election; this time as a non-partisan candidate after winning a single-member districts seat in Artemivsk with 47.47% of the votes.

[7] In February 2014, the Office of the State Prosecutor in Vienna opened a criminal proceeding against the Klyuyevs and their associates for unlawful obstruction of peaceful protests, abuse of power and misappropriation of property.

The arguments regarding the actual connection of such individuals and legal entities with Klyuyev brothers and indirectly, through them, with the debtor, are not supported by reliable evidence.

[14] On 21 February 2018, the European Court of Justice ruled on the illegality of the last wave of sanctions imposed by the EU Council in 2017 on Serhiy Klyuyev.

According to Council Decision (CFSP)2018/333 of 5 March 2018 all 28th European Union member Countries remove the sanctions from MP Sergiy Klyuyev as well.

[16] On 16 March 2018, HM Treasury of the UK and the Government of Liechtenstein also excluded Sergiy Klyuyev from their asset freeze lists.

On 26 March 2018, Montenegro, Albania, Norway, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, aligned themselves with this decision and lifted the sanctions on Klyuyev.