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Konstantin Sergeyevich Knyrik

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Konstantin Sergeyevich Knyrik is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	KNYRIK, Konstantin Sergeyevich · KONSTANTIN SERGEYEVICH KNYRIK · Kniryk Kostiantyn Serhiiovych · Knyrik Konstantin · Knyrik Konstantin Sergeevich · 12 more...				[sources]
Other name	KNYRIK Konstantin · Knirik Konstantin · Konstantin Sergeyevich Knyrik · КНЫРИК Константин · КНЫРИК Константин Сергеевич · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1989-08-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Bakhchysarai · Bakhichisaray · Bakhichisaray Russia · Russia · м. Бахчисарай, АР Крим · 1 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Russia · Ukraine				[sources]
Country	Russia · Ukraine				[sources]
Country of birth	Russia				[sources]
First name	KONSTANTIN SERGEYEVICH · Konstantin · Konstantin Sergeyevich · КОНСТАНТИН · Константин				[sources]
INN	`910406732278`				[sources]
Last name	KNYRIK · Knyrik · КНЫРИК				[sources]
Middle name	Sergeyevich · Сергеевич				[sources]
Patronymic	СЕРГЕЕВИЧ				[sources]
Second name	Sergeyevich				[sources]
Tax Number	`910406732278`				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q113512788				[sources]
Position	A pro-Russian activist running MediaGroup News Front Ltd, a news website registered in the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula. Chief of the Crimean division of the Rodina Party, a pro-Kremlin party in Russia. · Chef de la division de Crimée du parti Rodina · Director and co-founder of NewsFront · Director and founder of NewsFront · Militant pro-russe qui dirige MediaGroup News Front Ltd · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	National University “Odesa Law Academy”				[sources]
Address	CRIMEA, CRIMEA, UKR · Crimea · м. Бахчисарай, АР Крим · м.Бахчисарай, АР Крим				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-11	Last processed	2024-10-11	First seen	2022-01-01

Descriptions

Propagandist for MediaGroup News Front Ltd

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Konstantin Knyrik is a pro-Russian activist running MediaGroup News Front Ltd, a news website registered in the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula. He is the chief of the Crimean division of the Rodina Party, a pro-Kremlin party in Russia. He publicly supports the Russian military war of aggression against Ukraine and is actively involved in spreading disinformation about the war. Konstantin Knyrik received the medal “for the return of Crimea”. He therefore actively supported and implemented actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and further destabilised Ukraine.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2024-08-23

Konstantin Knyrik est un militant pro-russe qui dirige MediaGroup News Front Ltd, un site internet d’actualités enregistré dans la péninsule de Crimée, annexée illégalement. Il est le chef de la division de Crimée du parti Rodina, un parti pro-Kremlin en Russie. Il soutient publiquement la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie contre l’Ukraine et est activement impliqué dans la diffusion d’éléments de désinformation sur la guerre. Konstantin Knyrik a reçu la médaille “pour le retour de la Crimée”. Il a donc activement soutenu et mis en œuvre des actions et des politiques compromettant l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine, et il a déstabilisé davantage l’Ukraine.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2024-09-17

Director and Founder of NewsFront. Crimea based disinformation organisation.

— New Zealand Russia Sanctions, 2024-03-21

Russian propagandist: journalist, political activist; invited expert on government-owned TV channels; head of information agency and TV channel "News Front"

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

Russian journalist and businessman

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Crimea	Ukraine

Assets and shares
Asset	Percentage held	Start date	End date
ОБЩЕСТВО С ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬЮ "РЕКЛАМНЫЙ ПАРТНЕР"	50	2019-01-09	2020-03-16
Newsfront	50	2015-04-02	-
ОБЩЕСТВО С ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬЮ "ВЕНЧУРНЫЙ ФОНД "ТАВРИДА"	45	2019-01-31	-
ОБЩЕСТВО С ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬЮ "КРЕАТИВНОЕ АГЕНТСТВО "СТУДМЕДИА"	40	2017-08-10	-
ОБЩЕСТВО С ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬЮ "СКН"	40	2019-12-27	-
ОБЩЕСТВО С ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬЮ «ШАЛОМ»	-	2020-07-02	-

Clients
Client	Role	Start date	End date
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Newsfront	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Russia Sanctions Act 2022	2022-03-18	-
National Security and Defense Council	184/2020	2020-05-14	2023-05-14
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2022-03-03	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	UKR	2024-09-14	-
National Security and Defense Council	280/2023	2023-05-12	2028-05-12
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Ukraine	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine (RS 946.231.176.72), annexes 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 14a, 15, 15a, 15b, 25 and 33	2022-02-25	-
Ministry of Finance	資産凍結等の措置の対象となるロシア連邦の団体及び個人（個人）	2022-10-07	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Russia)	2022-03-08	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Russia	2022-03-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	2020-05-15
Federal Public Service Finance	UKR	2023-03-15	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2022/260 du 23/02/2022 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2023/571 du 13/03/2023 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2024/2455 du 12/09/2024 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014)	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2022-03-15	-

Data sources

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,116

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

New Zealand Russia Sanctions1,725

The New Zealand government's list of people and companies sanctioned in relation to the Russian attack on Ukraine.

New Zealand · MFAT

US SAM Procurement Exclusions115,257

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

United States · GSA

French National Asset Freezing System5,106

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

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,023

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

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,351

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

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List31,988

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

United States · OFAC

ACF List of War Enablers7,940

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

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,592

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,636

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,422

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,972

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

Monaco · Monaco

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,597

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

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

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,259

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,409

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,341

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:

Wikidata365,536

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities (as at Jan 1, 2022)153,972

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

External dataset · Russia · FNS

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