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Viacheslav PONOMARIOV

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Viacheslav PONOMARIOV is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	PONOMARYOV, Vyacheslav · Ponomariov Viacheslav · Ponomarov Viacheslav Volodymyrovych · VYACHESLAV PONOMARYOV · Viacheslav PONOMARIOV · 24 more...				[sources]
Other name	PONOMAREV Viacheslav Vladimirovich · PONOMARYOV Vyacheslav Volodymyrovich · PONOMARYOV Vyacheslav Volodymyrovich, · Ponomarev Viacheslav · Ponomarev Viacheslav Vladimirovich · 27 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1965-05-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Donetsk Oblast, Sloviansk, Ukraine · Donetsk oblast, Sloviansk, UKRAINE · Sloviansk · Sloviansk (Donetsk oblast) · Sloviansk (Donetsk oblast) Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) · 3 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Ukraine				[sources]
Country	Ukraine				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Soviet Union · Ukraine				[sources]
Country of birth	Soviet Union · Ukraine				[sources]
First name	VYACHESLAV · Vachislav · Viacheslav · Viacheslav · Vyacheslav · 2 more...				[sources]
Last name	PONOMAREV · PONOMARIOV · PONOMARYOV · Ponomarev · Ponomariov · 3 more...				[sources]
Patronymic	Vladimirovich · Volodymyrovich · Владимирович · Володимирович				[sources]
Second name	Vladimirovich · Volodymyrovich				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16481485				[sources]
Position	Former self-declared mayor of Slaviansk. · Self-proclaimed “People’s Mayor of Sloviansk” · ancien "maire du peuple" autoproclamé de Slaviansk (jusqu’au 10 juin 2014) · 「スロヴヤンスク人民市長」(自称)				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-19	Last processed	2024-12-17	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Former self-proclaimed “People’s Mayor” of Slovyansk. Responsible for capture of observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

none

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

Former self-declared "People's Mayor" of Sloviansk (until 10 Jun 2014). Ponomariov called on Vladimir Putin to send in Russian troops to protect the city and later asked him to supply weapons. Ponomariov's men were involved in kidnappings (they captured activist Irma Krat and Simon Ostrovsky, a reporter for Vice News, both were later released, they detained military observers under the OSCE Vienna Document). Remains active in supporting separatist actions or policies.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

none

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

none

— EU Consolidated Travel Bans, 2023-04-20

Ponomariov a invité Vladimir Poutine à envoyer des soldats russes pour protéger sa ville et lui a ensuite demandé de livrer des armes. Ses hommes ont été impliqués dans des enlèvements (ils ont capturé Irma KRAT, activiste, et Simon OSTROVSKY, reporter du site d’information Vice News, tous deux ont été relâchés par la suite; ils ont arrêté des observateurs militaires présents au titre du Document de Vienne de l’OSCE). Continue à soutenir activement les actions ou les politiques séparatistes

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

self-proclaimed mayor of the city of Sloviansk in Eastern Ukraine

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Russia)	2023-06-10	-
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Russia	2020-12-31	-
National Security and Defense Council	126/2018	2018-05-14	2021-05-14
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	2014-05-20	-
National Security and Defense Council	467/2016	2016-10-17	2017-10-17
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2015/1514 du 14/09/2015 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2016/1661 du 15/09/2016 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2016/353 du 10/03/2016 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2020/398 du 13/03/2020 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · 1 more...	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Ukraine	-	-
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	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
National Security and Defense Council	176/2018	2018-06-21	2021-06-21
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	2018-05-15
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	UKR	2020-03-14	-
National Security and Defense Council · Служба безпеки України	376/2024	2024-06-24	2034-06-24
National Security and Defense Council	266/2021	2021-06-24	2024-06-24
Federal Public Service Finance	UKR	2020-03-14	-
National Security and Defense Council	549/2015	2015-09-16	2016-09-16
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	-

Data sources

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,230

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

Monaco · Monaco

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories430,545

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,428

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,251

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

Australia · DFAT

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,541

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

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,703

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

Switzerland · SECO

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,595

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

Japan · MoF

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,376

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

United States · OFAC

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,602

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

Belgium · FOD

US SAM Procurement Exclusions112,282

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

United States · GSA

French National Asset Freezing System5,271

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

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,295

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,254

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

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,765

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,829

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,171

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

External databases

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

Wikidata383,037

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

Source data IDs: au-dfat-2721-vyacheslav-vladimirovich-ponomaryov · ua-nabc-person-599-ponomariov-vyacheslav-vladimirovich · ua-nazk-person-599 · ca-sema-1-20-ua-viacheslav-ponomariov · eu-tb-logical-7340 · ja-mof-400370ebb3b34d3a7381798894b286f963143e6f · ca-sema-01a973df29a42e1558b431cddb274f94738c1f67 · ua-nsdc-person-176-2018-1796 · fr-ga-1742 · gb-fcdo-rus0055 · NK-QtsVjUa3nCK3sbaG7itM56 · usgsa-s4mr4g5bd · ofac-16935 · NK-gxdSXRd8fdvF8snqGLJ5oN · ca-sema-ukraine-1-20 · ua-nsdc-10750-ponomarov-v-aceslav-volodimirovic · gb-hmt-12970 · mc-freezes-51ee2338ca2f7db48fe147eb6e0bbc8935c1a947 · eu-fsf-eu-3070-7 · ch-seco-27717 · NK-SXME3JtAaZrFWNSGF3iL2H

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