{"raw_record_id":"d3533692-d0c3-4ac4-b128-bf8e23853dd3","external_id":"member:OJ:L_202601843:2081","record_hash":"d9924f1c285c7f047c64e24af6bf3e85b75adf4ce97d95caad0dc452367d040d","raw_record":{"gender":"female","source":"EUR-Lex","aliases":["Valentina SCHNEIDER","Валентина Эммануиовна ШНАЙДЕР","Валентина ШНАЙДЕР"],"reasons":["Valentina Schneider is a Russian enterpreneur, the co-founder and co-owner of the Svetofor Group, which runs over 2 200 discount stores in Russia and abroad under brands such as Svetofor, Mere, and MyPrice. The family-owned business also involves Valentina’s sons Andrey and Sergey Schneider. The company is structured through hundreds of LLCs under the Torgservice Group of Companies brand. Valentina Schneider is also the co-founder of Torgservice Group of Companies, which runs the Svetofor discount chain.","The Svetofor’s chain is one of the top 5 grocery chains in Russia. Schneider’s retail empire plays a significant role in supporting Russia’s domestic economy.","The Svetofor Group, part of the Torgservice Group of Companies, has operated in occupied Crimea since 2014 and continues to run its Svetofor and Mayak discount stores across occupied Ukrainian territories including Crimea, Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk. The official Svetofor website lists Crimea as part of Russia, aligning with the Kremlin’s narrative, and confirms that stores there were active as of May 2024.","Therefore, Valentina Schneider is a leading businessperson operating in Russia.","Therefore, Valentina Schneider is a natural person supporting, materially or financially, actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine."],"legal_act":{"oj_id":"202601843","title":"Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1843 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine","act_number":"2026/1843","regime_name":"Russia territorial integrity / Ukraine","program_code":"EU-269-2014","expected_rows":216,"amendment_date":"2026-07-23"},"name_lines":["Valentina Emmanuiovna SCHNEIDER","a.k.a. Valentina SCHNEIDER","Russian: Валентина Эммануиовна ШНАЙДЕР","a.k.a. Валентина ШНАЙДЕР"],"row_number":"2081","date_designated":"2026-07-23","identifying_information":["Function: Co-founder and co-owner of the “Svetofor Group”","Nationality: Russian","Gender: female","Tax Identification Number: 244200947887","Associated persons: Sergey Ivanovich Schneider; Andrey Ivanovich Schneider"]},"snapshot_id":"d6cd161d-dc71-4c05-9aab-61f272bfd9ff","snapshot_sha256":"228f94f5a8b7c2776fa28d9b41accd4a22670ebb880f751b1b155e2d9726a349","fetched_at":"2026-07-24T10:49:42.476221+00:00","source_name":"EUR-Lex","source_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/","document_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202601843"}