UKSL Sanctions designation

Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
RUS0097
OFSI group ID
12964
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

  • Identified as staff of the Main Intelligence Director of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU). He was involved in incidents in Sloviansk. Head of 'Novorussia' public movement. Former 'Ministry 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 Ukraine. Remains active in supporting separatist activity in Eastern Ukraine. One of the organisers of the 'Russian March' in November 2016. The trust services sanctions were imposed on 21/03/2023.

Other information

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