The European Union has added Cordiant, Ural Tyre Plant and aircraft-tyre manufacturer YaShZ Avia to its Russia sanctions list, together with three executives, under measures adopted on 12 October.
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The listings appear in Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2281, which adds 826 entities and 743 individuals to the sanctions regime concerning actions undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity. The regulation entered into force on publication on 12 October 2026.
The annex identifies Cordiant as a joint-stock company registered in Yaroslavl, Ural Tyre Plant as a limited liability company registered in Ekaterinburg, and YaShZ Avia as a limited liability company registered in Yaroslavl.
It also lists Cordiant general director Dmitriy Gorbachev, Ural Tyre Plant general director Maksim Mustaev and YaShZ Avia director Vladimir Balabanov.
The legal annex gives a specific basis for the designations: the Council says the three companies are identified by the Russian government as belonging to its military-industrial complex and are eligible for federal subsidies covering employees’ housing costs. It lists their executives on the grounds that they materially support that complex.
The listings bring the companies and individuals within the EU’s asset-freeze framework. Making funds or economic resources available directly or indirectly to them, or for their benefit, is prohibited, subject to applicable exceptions and authorised derogations. Listed individuals also face EU travel restrictions, according to the Council’s announcement.
For tyre-sector counterparties, the practical issue extends beyond the product being traded: a transaction must also be assessed for whether it makes funds or economic resources available to a listed party.
The EU listings do not automatically designate the same businesses or individuals under UK law.
UK businesses must assess the separate UK Russia sanctions regime, including the UK Sanctions List and relevant ownership, control and transaction restrictions. The UK government’s guidance explains that wider financial, trade and services restrictions can apply independently of individual designations. An absence from the UK list therefore does not, by itself, establish that a transaction is permitted.
Tags: Cordiant, Ural Tyre Plant, YaShZ Avia, EU sanctions, Russia sanctions, tyre manufacturing, Dmitriy Gorbachev, Maksim Mustaev, Vladimir Balabanov, UK sanctions
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