Oleg Aleksandrovich TERLYAKOV

Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)

(Date of UN designation: 2023-02-25)

Associated entities: Roskomnadzor

Associated individuals: Andrei Yurievich Lipov

Oleg Terliakov is the deputy head of Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor). Roskomnadzor is a Russian state agency responsible for communications, information technology and mass media. It has implemented the state policy of censorship of independent media outlets. As the deputy head of Roskomnadzor, Oleg Terliakov oversees the departments of Telecommunication Permit Issuing and Telecommunication Control and Supervision and is responsible for decisions that have led to a limitation of the access to information to the Russian society and the closure of independent Russian media outlets. Those actions created censorship that promotes, aids and condones the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, Oleg Terliakov is responsible for supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Function: Deputy head of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)

Military rank: major

Associated individual: Andrey Yurievich Lipov Associated entity: Roskomnadzor

Associated individual: Andrey Yurievich Lipov Associated entity: Roskomnadzor

Fonction: chef adjoint du Service fédéral russe de supervision des communications, des technologies de l’information et des médias de masse (Roskomnadzor). Personnes associées: Andrei Yurievich Lipov. Entités associées: Roskomnadzor. Autres informations d’identification: grade militaire: major. Oleg Terliakov est chef adjoint du Service fédéral russe de supervision des communications, des technologies de l’information et des médias de masse (Roskomnadzor). Roskomnadzor est une agence étatique russe responsable des communications, des technologies de l’information et des médias de masse. Elle a mis en œuvre la politique étatique de censure à l’égard des médias indépendants. En tant que chef adjoint de Roskomnadzor, Oleg Terliakov supervise les départements chargés de la délivrance des permis de télécommunications et du contrôle et de la supervision des télécommunications et il est responsable de décisions qui ont conduit à une limitation de l’accès à l’information de la société russe et à la fermeture de médias russes indépendants. Ces actions ont installé une censure qui promeut, soutient et cautionne l’agression armée russe contre l’Ukraine. Oleg Terliakov est donc responsable de soutenir et de mettre en œuvre des actions et des politiques qui compromettent et menacent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine

Personnes associées: Andrei Yurievich Lipov. Entités associées: Roskomnadzor. Autres informations d’identification: grade militaire: major.

Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)

Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation. Manages a state body of the Russian Federation, which supports or implements actions or policies that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Deputy Head of Roskomnadzor. By virtue of his official duties, Oleg Terliakov oversees the Department of Control and Supervision in the Field of Communications, which ensures the technical execution of decisions to restrict access to online content and services through the deployment of specialized equipment. This equipment also provides the technical capability to violate the secrecy of communications, persecute individuals disseminating content prohibited by the state, and centrally disconnect users from the internet. Oleg Terliakov publicly expresses support for the policy of Russia’s leadership in establishing control over the technical infrastructure of the internet, enabling the management of information dissemination, including the automation of censorship. He endorses the policy of user identification and the blocking of messengers not controlled by the state, such as WhatsApp and Telegram. Terliakov emphasizes the importance of the independent operation of the Russian internet segment and prioritizes state regulation of the internet as an instrument of national security.