UKSL Sanctions designation

Ruslan Ismailovich Balbek

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
RUS0070
OFSI group ID
13390
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
31 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Trust Services Sanctions
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Member of the State Duma, elected from the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Deputy Chairperson of the Duma Committee on ethnic affairs. In 2014 Balbek was appointed as a Deputy Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the so-called 'Republic of Crimea' and worked in this capacity for the intergration of the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula into the Russian Federation for which he has been awarded with a medal 'For the Defence of Crimea'. He has supported the annexation of Crimea in public statements, including on his profile on the United Russia (Crimean branch) website and a press article published on NTV website on 3 July 2016. The trust services sanctions were imposed on 21/03/2023.

Other information

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

Addresses

  • Country: Russia
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