Sanctions are being prepared against the Russian Pin-UP

In the 12th year of the war, the Government and the National Security and Defense Council decided to impose sanctions against the Russian casino.

The Cabinet of Ministers will today decide to submit to the National Security and Defense Council a proposal to impose sanctions against the Russian online casino Pin-UP, a whole pool of Ukrainian and Cypriot companies associated with this casino and its ultimate beneficiary, Russian Dmitry Punin.

Now the details.

I received a fragment of a letter from the Ministry of Justice addressed to the Interdepartmental Working Group on Sanctions Policy, which was formed by the Cabinet of Ministers in August 2022, and whose role is to prepare the government’s presentation of sanctions cases to the National Security and Defense Council.

This working group has already held several meetings to consider the possible imposition of sanctions against Pin-UP and today, at 15.00, will hold a final meeting at which it should approve the presentation of this sanctions case from the government to the National Security and Defense Council.

The letter itself, which I publish, clearly states that UKR GAME TECHNOLOGY LLC, which represents the Pin-UP online casino in Ukraine, is managed by Russian citizen Dmitry Punin through a Cypriot non-resident company GURUFLOW TEAM LTD, which can be used to circumvent international sanctions and financing of Russia.

It is proposed to introduce sanctions against:

• TOV "UKR GAME TECHNOLOGY"
• TOV "UKR GAME CONSULTING GROUP"
• LLC "TRANITADEVELOPMENT" until 01/10/2023 - LLC "PIN-AP".
• TOV "TURBO.UA"
• TOV "VICTORIA-SOFT"
• "GURUFLOW TEAM LTD" (Cyprus)
• "PIPROSE HOLDING" (Cyprus)
• "MONAK LIMITED" (Cyprus).
• Non-resident "BWI BLACK-WOOD LIMITED" (Cyprus).
• "Carletta NV" (Curacao).

I also draw your attention to the paragraph in this letter

“It is documented that the actions of such legal entities associated with the aggressor state and its citizens create real and/or potential threats to the national interests, national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”

And although publicly, Ukr Game Technology LLC is trying to dissociate itself from Dmitry Punin, a direct licensing agreement between Ukr Game Technology and GURUFLOW TEAM LTD, personally signed by Russian Dmitry Punin, was submitted to the commission as evidence.

I draw attention not only to Punin’s personal signature, but also to the application, according to which customer transactions will be carried out by GURU Cash Desk, which also services Russian MIR bank cards, as well as Russian electronic wallets Yandex Money, QIWI, WebMoney.

Also, a document from the SBU was submitted to the commission, in which Russian Dmitry Punin is indicated as a person who is prohibited from immigrating to Ukraine, as a person whose activities threaten the national security of Ukraine.

And these are just a few fragments of the evidence base of the sanctions case against the Russian group Pin-UP, the decision on the introduction of which should be made by the National Security and Defense Council based on today’s decision of the government commission.

To these documents I would also add photographs of Dmitry Punin’s luxurious life in Cyprus, photographs of his car collection and purchased real estate, which are sold mainly with money earned in Ukraine, trying to convince everyone that he has nothing to do with Pin-UP in Ukraine relationship.