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Vasily Anisimov

Person of interest · Oligarch · Sanctioned entity

Vasily Anisimov is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Anisimov Vasily Vasilievich · Anisimov Vasyl Vasylovych · Vasilij Anisimov · Vasiliy Vasilevitsj Anisimov · Vasily Anisimov · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Anisimov Vasilii · Anisimov Vasily Vasilievich · Vasilij Vasiljevitj Anisimov · Vasily Anisimov · Vasily Vasilyevich Anisimov · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1951-09-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Almaty				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Dominica · Croatia · Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
First name	Vasily · ВАСИЛИЙ				[sources]
INN	`771000146460`				[sources]
Last name	Anisimov · АНИСИМОВ				[sources]
Patronymic	ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4066322				[sources]
Source link	prod-upp-image-read.ft.com				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-19	Last processed	2024-11-19	First seen	2022-01-01

Descriptions

Russian oligarch. In 2023, he was placed 72nd in the Forbes ranking, with a fortune of 1.6 billion USD. He renounced his Russian citizenship and is now a citizen of Croatia and Dominica. He is a trusted by Vladimir Putin, as evidenced by public investigations showing he was given the right to produce vodka under the name Vladimir Putin (Putinka). The proceeds from these sales were used to finance individuals close to the authorities, including Vladimir Putin's mistress Alina Kabaeva. His continued influence is indicated by Vladimir Putin's decision to award Vasily Anisimov a state award in October 2022, after he renounced his Russian citizenship in September 2022. Vasily Anisimov's foreign assets may be used to finance individuals close to Vladimir Putin and to promote Russian interests.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2024-10-08

He is a Russian oligarch. In 2023, he ranked 72nd on Forbes' list of "110 Billionaires of Russia," with a fortune of 1.6 billion USD. He renounced his Russian citizenship and is now a citizen of Croatia and Dominica. He is trusted by Vladimir Putin, as shown by public investigations revealing that he was granted the rights to produce vodka under the name of Vladimir Putin (Putinka). The proceeds from these sales were used to fund individuals close to the authorities, including Putin's mistress Alina Kabaeva. His ongoing influence is evident from Putin's decision to award Vasily Anisimov a state honor in October 2022, even after Anisimov renounced his Russian citizenship in September 2022. Anisimov's foreign assets may be used to finance individuals close to Putin and to further Russian interests.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2024-10-08

Mentioned in 2018 CAATSA report on Russian oligarchs

— Russian Oligarch/Billionaires Database non-official source, 2024-04-14

Russian businessman

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

Relationships

Directorships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
ОБЩЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОБЩЕСТВЕННАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ "ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ ДЗЮДО РОССИИ"	Президент	2010-03-10	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
National Security and Defense Council	727/2022	2022-10-19	2032-10-19

Data sources

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,698

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Russian Oligarch/Billionaires Database166

A list of billionaires and oligarchs from CIS countries, most notably the Russian Federation.

OpenSanctions · non-official source

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

Forbes 2021 List of Russian Billionaires100

Based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2021.

Russia · Wikipedia · non-official source

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

Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities (as at Jan 1, 2022)154,200

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

External dataset · Russia · FNS

Source data IDs: acf-f06f7732357a50f5fce90cd5759898118557bae0 · ru-inn-771000146460 · ua-nazk-person-1917 · acf-01aa939041b7913b8e3238c64cdd47f5d3435e7c · ua-nabc-person-1917-anisimov-vasily-vasilievich · ua-nsdc-19763-anisimov-vasil-vasilovic

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