UKSL Sanctions designation

Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
CHW0007
OFSI group ID
13747
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
31 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev is the First Deputy Head of the GRU (a.k.a. GU). Given his senior leadership role in the GRU, Alexseyev is responsible for the possession, transport and use in Salisbury during the weekend of 4 March 2018 of the toxic nerve agent 'Novichok' by officers from the GRU.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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