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Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin

Crime · Military · Person of interest · Politician · Spy · Sanctioned entity · Wanted

Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	GIRKIN, Igor Vsevolodovich · Girkin Igor Vsevolodovich · Hirkin Ihor Vsevolodovych · IGOR VSEVOLODOVICH GIRKIN · Igor GIRKIN · 29 more...				[sources]
Other name	(also known as Igor STRELKOV) · Girkin Igor · IGOR IVANOVICH STRELKOV · IGOR STRELOK · IHOR STRELKOV · 60 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Игорь Иванович Стрелков · Сергей Викторович Рунов · Стрелок				[sources]
Birth date	1970-12-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Moscou · Moscou : RUSSIE · Moscow · Moscow Russia · Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION · 2 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Russia				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Soviet Union · Ukraine				[sources]
Country of birth	Russia				[sources]
Eye color	Blue/ grey				[sources]
First name	IGOR VSEVOLODOVICH · Igor · Igor · Igor Vsevolodovich · Ihor · 1 more...				[sources]
Hair color	Dark brown/ slightly greying				[sources]
Last name	GIRKIN · GIRKIN · Girkin · STRELKOV · STRELOK · 6 more...				[sources]
Middle name	Ivanovich · Vsevolodovich · Vsevolodovich · Vsevolodovitj · Всеволодович				[sources]
Passport number	`4506460961`				[sources]
Patronymic	Vsevolodovich · Всеволодович				[sources]
Second name	Vsevolodovich				[sources]
Website	istrelkov.ru · novorossia.pro				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16474356				[sources]
Position	Ancien "ministre de la défense" de la soi-disant "République populaire de Donetsk · Chef du mouvement public "Nouvelle Russie" · Identified as staff of Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU). Former ‘Minister of Defence’ of the so-called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. · Membre de la direction générale du renseignement de l'état-major des forces armées de la Fédération de Russie (GRU) · Minister of Defence of the Donetsk People's Republic (2014-2014) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Moscow Institute for History and Archives				[sources]
Religion	Eastern Orthodox fundamentalism · Eastern Orthodoxy				[sources]
Address	MOSCOW, RUS · Shenkurskiy Passage (Proyezd), House 8-6, Apartment 136, Moscow				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.politie.nl				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-19	Last processed	2024-11-19	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

A suspected military employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU); leader of the so-called ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’. Stepped down from role in Donetsk in August 2014. Returned to Russia and is believed to be in several left-wing "patriotic" organisations including Head of ‘Novorossia’ public movement. Former ‘Minister of Defence’ of the so-called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. Remains active in supporting separatist activity in eastern Ukraine. One of the organisers of the ‘Russian March’ in November 2016

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Head of ‘Novorossia’ public movement.

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

Identified as staff of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU). He was involved in incidents in Sloviansk. Head of the “Novorossia” public movement. Former “Minister of Defence” of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic”. Organised, on 4 November 2016, a Russian March in Moscow for Russian nationalists who support the separatists in eastern Ukraine. He actively supported the separatist activities in eastern Ukraine and he publicly supports the war against Ukraine and regularly calls on Russians to join military volunteer detachments.

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

Head of ‘Novorossia’ public movement.

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2023-04-20

Head of ‘Novorossia’ public movement.

— EU Consolidated Travel Bans, 2023-04-20

Identifié comme membre de la direction générale du renseignement de l’état-major des forces armées de la Fédération de Russie (GRU). Il a été impliqué dans des incidents à Sloviansk. Chef du mouvement public “Nouvelle Russie”. Ancien “ministre de la défense” de la soi-disant “République populaire de Donetsk”. A organisé, le 4 novembre 2016, à Moscou, une Marche russe pour les nationalistes russes qui soutiennent les séparatistes de l’est de l’Ukraine. Il a soutenu activement les activités séparatistes dans l’est de l’Ukraine et soutient publiquement la guerre contre l’Ukraine et appelle régulièrement les Russes à rejoindre les détachements de volontaires militaires.

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

A national and an international alert have been issued against the wanted person. Current information can be found on

— Netherlands Police Nationale Opsporingslijst, 2023-04-20

Previously worked in Main Intelligence Director of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (GRU) and organizer of the "Donetsk People's Republic's" militant groups.

— New Zealand Russia Sanctions, 2024-03-21

Russian military, state and political figure, publicist. An employee of the FSB of Russia (1996-2013), an activist in the self-proclaimed DPR (2014). By decision of the District Court of The Hague, he was recognized as one of the perpetrators of the destruction of the Malaysian Boeing and the murder of 298 people on board, for which he was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in the Netherlands.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-04-28

Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass

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

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Shenkurskiy Passage (Proyezd), House 8-6, Apartment 136, Moscow	Russia

Associates
Associate	Relationship	Start date	End date
Vladimir Kvachkov	partner in business or sport	-	-

Associations
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Maxim Kalashnikov	partner in business or sport	-	-
Yevgeniy Eduardovich Mikhaylov	partner in business or sport	-	-

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`4506460961`	-	Passport	-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Serhii Anatoliyovych Zdriliuk	related-to	-	-
Igor Nikolaevich Bezler	related-to	-	-
Fyodor Dmitrievich BEREZIN	related-to	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
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	2014-05-02	-
Ministry of Finance	クリミア自治共和国及びセヴァストーポリ特別市のロシア連邦への「併合」又はウクライナ東部の不安定化に直接関与していると判断される者並びにロシア連邦による「編入」と称する行為に直接関与していると判断されるウクライナの東部・南部地域の関係者と判断される者（個人）	2014-08-05	-
National Security and Defense Council	126/2018	2018-05-14	2021-05-14
National Security and Defense Council · Служба безпеки України	376/2024	2024-06-24	2034-06-24
National Security and Defense Council	467/2016	2016-10-17	2017-10-17
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Russia Sanctions Act 2022	2022-03-18	-
National Security and Defense Council	176/2018	2018-06-21	2021-06-21
Global Affairs Canada	Russia / Russie	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	UKR	2023-03-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	549/2015	2015-09-16	2016-09-16
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2015/1514 du 14/09/2015 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2016/353 du 10/03/2016 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2017/437 du 13/03/2017 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2020/398 du 13/03/2020 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · 2 more...	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	UKR	2023-03-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	2018-05-15
National Security and Defense Council	266/2021	2021-06-24	2024-06-24
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Russia	2020-12-31	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Russia)	2023-06-10	-
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-

Data sources

US SAM Procurement Exclusions120,096

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

United States · GSA

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

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

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

Monaco · Monaco

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

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,598

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

Japan · MoF

Wikidata Entities of Interest3,963

Persons of interest profiles from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,410

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

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

United States · OFAC

ACF List of War Enablers7,941

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

Netherlands Police Nationale Opsporingslijst18

The most wanted persons are suspected of serious crimes and are ranked high on the police's hit list.

Netherlands · Korps Nationale Politie

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

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,256

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

Australia · DFAT

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,625

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

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

Switzerland · SECO

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

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,698

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

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

New Zealand Russia Sanctions1,723

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

New Zealand · MFAT

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,277

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

External databases

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

Wikidata377,203

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

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