Vadim Bulgakov is the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the so-called “Republic of Crimea” and Sevastopol.  Bulgakov is being designated for being responsible for or complicit in, or having engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine; and asserting governmental authority over any part or region of Ukraine without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine.