1 March 2022. The Guardian, UK: List of people and organisations blacklisted by UK, US and EU.
UK
Late on Monday 28 February, the UK added Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, to the sanctions list, although it is only blocked from correspondent banking (holding money on behalf of other banks) and clearing transactions in sterling. The Government’s said it would take “further restrictive economic measures” by targeting the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR). It has banned British people and businesses from making transactions with the Russian central bank, its finance ministry and its wealth fund.
Individuals
Denis Bortnikov
A deputy president of VTB Bank and chair of its management board. Son of Aleksandr Bortnikov, the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), who has been on the sanctions list since March 2021.
Petr Fradkov
Chair and chief executive of Promsvyazbank, he is also the son of Mikhail Fradkov, a former prime minister of Russia and former director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
Elena Georgieva
Chair of Novikombank, a subsidiary of the major Russian state-backed defence business Rostec.
Valery Gerasimov
Chief of the Russian armed forces. He was blacklisted by the EU in 2014.
Sergei Lavrov
Russia’s long-serving foreign minister, in post since February 2004. The entry states he is sanctioned for attempts to “threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine”.
Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation. The entry states he is sanctioned for having “ordered Russian military forces to launch an invasion of Ukraine, undermining and threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine”.
Boris Rotenberg
A co-owner of SMP Bank, which is linked to the energy firm Gazprom, Rotenberg is described as having “close personal ties” to Putin, a friend since childhood when they trained in judo together.
Igor Rotenberg
A nephew of Boris who also has close ties to Putin. He controls transport businesses and has also been linked to Gazprom.
Kirill Shamalov
Russia’s youngest billionaire and Vladimir Putin’s former son-in-law. He is a shareholder and director of the petrochemical firm Sibur.
Yuri Slyusar
Head of United Aircraft Corporation, a major supplier to Russia’s military and a key figure in its defence sector.
Gennady Timchenko
The 69-year-old billionaire friend of Russia’s president owns the private investment firm Volga Group, which has holdings in energy, transport, infrastructure and financial services.
Politicians
The UK government also said it would sanction those members of the Russian parliament, the Duma, and Federation Council who voted to recognise the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Banks
The Black Sea Bank
A Crimea-based bank that was set up immediately after Russia’s annexation of the region in 2014. The UK government says its operations had consolidated Crimea into the Russian Federation through the financial system.
IS Bank
The Moscow-based bank’s development has been “directly tied” to the annexation of Crimea, according to the UK, where it has operated after Ukrainian banks were stopped from doing business.
GenBank
A Moscow-headquartered financial institution that operates extensively in Crimea.
Promsvyazbank
A Russian state-owned bank with the main role of financing defence projects, including nearly 70% of state contracts signed by the Russian defence ministry.
Rossiya Bank
A St Petersburg-based bank owned by a group of billionaires with close links to Putin. It has a stake in National Media Group, which owns TV stations that the UK government says promote the Russian government’s policies and has benefited from expansion in Crimea since the region was annexed by Russia in 2014.
VTB Bank
Russia’s second-largest bank, VTB is majority-owned by the state, with interests in banking assets across eastern Europe.
Sberbank
Russia’s biggest bank has a significant role in financing Russian companies, including those listed on the London Stock Exchange. The government highlighted the Russian government’s controlling share and said it was a “highly significant entity”.
VEB.RF
Founded as Vnesheconombank, Russia’s state-run national development bank also acts as a payment agent to a range of entities in sectors of strategic significance, the UK government said.
Bank Otkritie
Russia’s eighth-largest bank, has been owned by the central bank since 2017 following a bailout. The Russian government had reportedly been considering a stock market float for the company, a prospect that is now unlikely.
Sovcombank
The third-largest privately owned bank, with 2,300 offices and 17,000 employees, according to its website. The UK government said it had received financing from the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
Companies
JSC Research
A Russian state-owned group that produces military equipment, particularly tanks, for the country’s armed forces.
United Aircraft Corporation
A state-owned group that controls all Russia’s major aircraft manufacturing companies and is a major supplier of aircraft to its military.
Rostec
A state-owned conglomerate that invests in defence and technology including weaponry and aviation components.
Tactical Missiles Corporation
One of the most prominent manufacturers of missiles in Russia, specialising in aircraft and naval armaments. It recently announced it was developing seaborne weapons, and was involved in developing coastal defence missile systems in Crimea.
United Shipbuilding Corporation
The largest shipbuilder in Russia, it repairs, maintains and builds craft including several frigates and other warship classes that have been deployed in Crimea and carried out drills in the Black Sea last year.
UralVagonZavod
A state-owned company which produces military equipment, particularly tanks, for the Russian armed forces. It is one of the largest tank manufacturers in the world, according to the UK government.
United States
The Biden Administration announced additional sanctions against Russia’s central bank, effectively prohibiting Americans from doing any business with the bank as well as freezing its assets within the US. Other targets include large Russian state-owned banks, trading in five Russian oil tankers and container ships, and oligarch “elites close to Putin”.
Individuals
Denis Bortnikov
See UK sanctions above.
Petr Fradkov
See UK sanctions above.
Valery Gerasimov
See UK sanctions above.
Sergei Ivanov
Chief executive of Russian state-owned diamond mining company Alrosa and a board member of Gazprombank, Ivanov is the son of Sergei Borisovich Ivanov, reportedly one of Putin’s closest allies and former chief of staff of the presidential executive office.
Vladimir Kiriyenko
Chief executive of VK Group, the parent company of Russia’s top social media platform, VKontakte. He is the son of Sergei Kiriyenko, already sanctioned, who serves as first deputy chief of staff of the presidential office and is said to be Putin’s “domestic policy curator”.
Sergei Lavrov
See UK sanctions above.
Andrey Patrushev
He served in leadership roles at Gazprom Neft and is employed in Russia’s energy sector. He is the son of Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev (Nikolai Patrushev), the Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council.
Andrey Puchkov and Yuriy Alekseyevich Soloviev
Two high-ranking VTB Bank executives.
Vladimir Putin
The entry states: “No one individual is more responsible for Russia’s war against Ukraine, destabilisation of Russia’s neighbours, the suffering of the Ukrainian people, and years of Russian malign activities globally.”
Ivan Igorevich Sechin
Chief executive of Rosneft, the state oil company and one of the world’s largest crude oil producers. He is the son of Igor Sechin, who was deputy prime minister of the Russian Federation from 2008 until 2012.
Sergei Shoigu
Russian defence minister.
Alexander Vedyakhin
First deputy chair of the executive board of Sberbank.
Banks
Otkritie, Novikom, and Sovcom
These three financial institutions hold combined assets worth $80bn (£60bn) and “play significant roles in the Russian economy”, according to the US Treasury. All will now be subject to blocking sanctions.
Promsvyazbank
See UK sanctions above.
Sberbank
The largest financial institution in Russia, it holds about a third of all bank assets in the country. Within 30 days all US financial institutions have been instructed to close any Sberbank accounts they maintain and reject any future transactions involving Sberbank or its subsidiaries.
Vnesheconombank
With $53bn (£40bn) of assets, VEB is one of Russia’s top five banks, and has a “unique role in Russia’s financial system as the servicer of Russia’s sovereign debt” as well as financing exports and a loan portfolio of over $20bn.
VTB Bank
See UK sanctions above.
European Union
Individuals
The Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov, Mikhail Fridman and his long-term partner, Petr Aven, were sanctioned by the EU, adding to an already long list of businessmen, media figures and military and government officials. The list of those sanctioned include:
Petr Aven
A major shareholder in Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest commercial bank. He is also a member of the board of directors on the investment business, LetterOne Group (L1).
Denis Bortnikov
See UK sanctions above.
Sergey Dronov
Commander of the air force and deputy commander-in-chief of the air and space forces.
Mikhail Fridman
The Ukrainian-born Russian businessman co-founded Alfa-Group, one of Russia’s largest privately owned investment groups, and is co-founder of the investment group LetterOne.
Dmitry Grigorenko
Deputy prime minister and chief of the government staff and chair of the supervisory council of the VTB Bank. As a former director of the Russian tax service, he set up a new tax system in Crimea after its annexation.
Vladimir Lvovich Kasatonov
Deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian navy.
Marat Khusnullin
As deputy prime minister for construction and regional development, he is responsible for policies on occupied Crimea, including providing water to Crimea and Sevastopol.
Konstantin Knyrik
Runs MediaGroup News Front Ltd, a news website registered in the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula, Knyrik is also chief of the Crimean division of the pro-Kremlin Rodina party.
Andrey Kostin
President-chair of VTB – one of the leading state-owned banks in Russia – and a member of the supreme council of the United Russia political party.
Igor Osipov
Commander-in-chief of the Black Sea fleet.
Dmitry Peskov
Putin’s press secretary.
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Nicknamed Putin’s chef because of the restaurant business in which he made his fortune, Prigozhin’s interests now include a notorious internet “troll factory” in St Petersburg, known as the Internet Research Agency.
Violetta Prigozhina
Prigozhin’s mother and owner of Concord Management and Consulting LLC, which belongs to the Concord group, founded and owned until 2019 by her son.
Lyubov Valentinovna Prigozhina
Prigozhin’s wife and owner of Agat LLC, a subsidiary of Concord Management and Consulting LLC.
Aleksey Pushkov
A senator from Perm Krai, he is a member of the ruling United Russia party and chair of the commission on information policy.
Maxim Reshetnikov
Minister of economic development and member of the supervisory council of the VTB Bank.
Sergei Roldugin
Former principal cellist of the Kirov Opera Theatre’s orchestra in the 1980s and godfather to Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria. Described by the EU as “part of Putin’s network financial scheme”.
Oleg Salyukov
Commander-in-chief of the Russian ground forces.
Igor Sechin
Chairman of the management board of Rosneft, the Russian state oil company. He was deputy prime minister of the Russian Federation from 2008 until 2012 and is described as one of Putin’s “most trusted and closest advisers, as well as his personal friend”. Sechin is already subject to a travel ban and asset freeze by the US, as is his son.
Igor Shuvalov
Head of Vnesheconombank, which has been a key source of funding for Kremlin priorities.
Sergei Shoigu
Russia’s minister of defence has overseen the military buildup on Ukraine’s borders and is believed to be playing a key role in managing the war effort.
Margarita Simonyan
Described the EU as a “central figure in government propaganda”. She is editor-in-chief of the English-language television news network RT (Russia Today).
Vladimir Solovyov
Presenter on the Russia-1 channel and Rossia 24, described by the EU as a propagandist.
Sergei Surovikin
Commander-in-chief of the Russian aerospace forces.
Nikolay Tokarev
Chief executive of Transneft, a major Russian oil and gas company.
Pyotr Tolstoy
Member of the Duma and head of the Russian delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He also hosts the TV show Vremya Pokazhet.
Alisher Usmanov
Billionaire shareholder in iron ore and steel giant Metalloinvest, he also operates in the media and internet sectors.
Anton Vaino
Putin’s chief of staff in his executive office who plays an active role in the Security Council of the Russian Federation and advises Putin in the field of defence and national security.
Nikolay Yevmenov
Commander-in-chief of the Russian navy.
Maria Zakharova
As Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson, the 46-year-old is described by the EU as central to government propaganda efforts.
Companies
Internet Research Agency
A Russian company engaged in online influence operations on behalf of Russia. Its ultimate objective is to manipulate public opinion through disinformation, the EU has said.
Promsvyazbank
See UK sanctions above.
Rossiya Bank
See UK sanctions above.
VEB.RF
See US sanctions above.
