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Artur Aleksandrovich ZHIROV

Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

Artur Aleksandrovich ZHIROV is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	ARTUR ALEKSANDROVICH ZHIROV · Artur Aleksandrovich ZHIROV · Artur Aleksandrovich Zhirov · Artur Aleksandrovitj ZJIROV · ZHIROV, Artur Aleksandrovich · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	ARTUR ZHIROV · Artur Zhirov · Zhirov Artur Aleksandrovich · Жиров Артур Александрович				[sources]
Birth date	1961-07-06				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Russia				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
First name	ARTUR ALEKSANDROVICH · Artur · Artur Aleksandrovich · АРТУР · Артур				[sources]
INN	`772073774109`				[sources]
Last name	ZHIROV · ZJIROV · Zhirov · ЖИРОВ · Жиров				[sources]
Middle name	Aleksandrovich · Aleksandrovitj · Александрович				[sources]
Patronymic	АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ				[sources]
Position	Expert en armes chimiques et directeur de SC Signal. · Expert en armes chimiques et le directeur de SC Signal · a chemical weapons expert and Director of SC Signal				[sources]
Address	MOSCOW, RUS · Moscow				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-11	Last processed	2024-10-21	First seen	2022-01-01

Descriptions

Artur Zhirov est un expert en armes chimiques et le directeur de SC Signal, un institut de recherche qui a été associé au programme d’armes chimiques de la Russie. En tant que directeur de SC Signal, Artur Zhirov a apporté un soutien technique aux opérations menées contre Yulia Navalnaya et Alexeï Navalny à Kaliningrad le 6 juillet 2020 et à la planification de l’empoisonnement perpétré ensuite contre Alexeï Navalny à Tomsk, le 20 août 2020, au moyen d’un agent neurotoxique de type Novitchok, empoisonnement qui constitue une utilisation d’armes chimiques au sens de la convention sur les armes chimiques. Par conséquent, Artur Zhirov était impliqué dans les préparatifs en vue d’utiliser des armes chimiques et a apporté un soutien technique et matériel à l’emploi d’armes chimiques.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Director of the Defense Ministry's Signal research center, where Novichok was developed. The operation to poison Alexei Navalny was coordinated with him.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-02-15

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Moscow	Russia

Directorships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ УНИТАРНОЕ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЕ "НАУЧНЫЙ ЦЕНТР "СИГНАЛ"	Директор	2012-03-13	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	CHEM	2022-11-14	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2021-08-20	-
Federal Public Service Finance	CHEM	2022-11-14	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2022/2228 du 14/11/2022 (UE Lutte contre la prolifération des armes chimiques - R (UE) 2018/1542)	-	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-

Data sources

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

US SAM Procurement Exclusions119,132

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,364

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

ACF List of War Enablers7,945

A list of Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · ACF · non-official source

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,150

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,985

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities (as at Jan 1, 2022)154,879

Companies database of the Russian Federation as maintained and published by the Federal Tax Service.

External dataset · Russia · FNS

Source data IDs: eu-fsf-eu-9017-37 · mc-freezes-ae915cb79e01711130aec278bd248d47814d6f6d · ofac-32738 · acf-4dd66ff618921a48831ce17e9a94976216a402a5 · NK-7tCZjfiErA9kUzbkMtnBF9 · rupep-person-9914 · acf-0d364ecd333fb32c73cd81424fcdbec4273f26de · ru-inn-772073774109 · usgsa-s4mrj4wxq · acf-30b4eda48765fc9bc11eed9459d90c24c4167f15 · eu-tb-logical-145381 · acf-5b93d7e14ea1243d3d16eded14912c88e837d571 · fr-ga-5059

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