Russian Sanctions Watch
Last Updated 5th April 2022
This list is intended to provide an overview of the highest profile individuals and entities sanctioned by the UK, US, and EU in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
For a comprehensive breakdown of the OFSI, OFAC and EU programs involved, please see: https://www.alacosanctions.com/
OFSI
Individuals
Vladimir Putin – President of the Russian Federation.
Sergei Lavrov – Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Roman Abramovich – Oligarch renowned for owning Chelsea FC.
Igor Sechin – CEO of Rosneft and former Deputy Prime Minister.
Oleg Deripaska – Owner of stakes in metals companies, EN+ and Rusal.
Dmitri Lebedev – Chairman of Bank of Rossiya.
Alexei Miller – Senior Gazpom executive.
Andrei Kostin – Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank.
Nikolai Tokarev – CEO of oil and gas company Transneft.
Gennady Timchenko – Oligarch and owner of the Volga Group, which holds stakes in energy companies Novatek, Sibur and Petromir, alongside interests in financial services and consumer goods.
Boris Rotenberg – Childhood friend of Putin and brother of Arkady Rotenberg, who was sanctioned following the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Holds interests in pipeline construction and banking.
Igor Rotenberg – Nephew of Boris and also a childhood friend of Putin.
Alisher Usmanov – Majority owner of USM Holdings with interests in media, telecommunications, and online services.
Igor Shuvalov – Chairman of VEB.RF.
Denis Bortnikov – Deputy President of VTB Bank and son of the director of the FSB.
Petr Fradkov – CEO of Promsvyazbank and son of a former Russian Prime Minister and Director of the SVR (foreign intelligence service).
Elena Georgieva – Chair of Novikombank, a subsidiary of Rostec, Russia’s state-owned defense conglomerate.
Kirill Shamalov – Putin’s son-in-law and also a shareholder of Sibur.
Yuri Slyusar – Head of United Aircraft Corporation, a key state-owned defence manufacturer.
Entities
Sberbank – Russia’s largest bank, majority owned by the state (Not subject to an asset freeze, prohibition on correspondent banking and sterling clearing.)
VTB Bank – Russia’s second largest bank, majority owned by the state.
VEB.RF – Russia’s state-run national development bank.
Rostec – State-owned defence conglomerate.
JSC Research – State-owned defence research company.
United Aircraft Corporation – State-owned aircraft manufacturer.
Tactical Missiles Corporation – State-owned missile manufacturer.
United Shipbuilding Corporation – State-owned naval manufacturer.
Bank Otkritite – Russia’s eight largest bank, owned by the state following a 2017 bailout by the Central Bank.
Sovcombank – Russia’ ninth largest bank, whose shareholders included Russia’s Direct Investment Fund.
Black Sea Bank – Crimea-based bank established following the annexation of 2014.
IS Bank – Development bank with operations in Crimea.
GenBank – Retail lender with operations in Crimea.
Promsvyazbank – Key financier of state defence projects.
Rossiya Bank – Bank owned by associates of Putin and with stakes in strategic Russian media entities.
Wagner Group – Private Military Group.
OFAC
Individuals
Vladimir Putin, Sergei Lavrov – See above.
Denis Bortnikos, Petr Fradkov, Valery Gerasimov – see above.
Sergei Shoigu – Defence Minister.
Ivan Sechin – CEO of Rosneft and son of Igor Sechin, former Deputy Prime Minister.
Sergei Ivanov – CEO of state-owned diamond miner, Alrosa.
Vladimir Kiriyenko – CEO of the parent of Russia’s most popular social media platform, Vkontakte and son of a member of Putin’s inner circle and “domestic policy curator.”
Andrey Patrushev – Gazprom executive and son of Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Federation Security Council.
Alexander Vedyakhin – First deputy chair of Sberbank.
Andrey Puchkov and Yuriy Soloviev – Senior VTB executives.
Entities
Blocking sanctions: Sberbank, VTB Bank, Otkritie, Novikom, and Sovcom.
Full SDN list: VEB.RF, Promsvyazbank.
EU
Individuals
Sergei Shoigu, Denis Bortnikov, Alisher Usmanov, Igor Shuvalov, Igor Sechin, Andrey Kostin, Nikolay Tokarev – see above.
Yevgeny Prigozhin – Owner of the Internet Research Agency (below).
Dmitry Peskov – Putin’s press secretary.
Petr Aven – Majority shareholder of Russia’s largest commercial bank, Alfa-Bank.
Mikhail Fridman – Co-founder of Alfa-Group, with interests in oil and gas, professional services and telecommunications.
Dmitry Grigorenko – Chair of VTB bank and Deputy Prime Minister.
Marat Khusnullin – Deputy Prime Minister responsible for occupied Crimea.
Konstantin Knyrik – Owner of Crimea-based media assets.
Aleksey Pushkov – Senator and Chair of Commission on information policy.
Maxim Reshetnikov – Minister and member of VTB Bank’s supervisory council.
Sergei Roldugin – Former cellist, godfather to Putin’s eldest daughter and suspected corporate nominee.
Margarita Simonyan – Editor in Chief of English Language version of RT.
Vladimir Solovyov – Presenter on Russian state-owned channels.
Entities
Internet Research Agency – State-owned agency alleged to be manipulating public opinion via online disinformation.
Capital market restructions: Promsvyazbank, Rossiya Bank, VEB.RF.
