Aleksandr Akimovich Karaman

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID

RUS0114

OFSI group ID

13098

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

• Aleksandr Akimovich KARAMAN is the former so-called ‘Deputy Prime Minister for Social Issues’ of the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’. Associated with Vladimir Antyufeyev, who was responsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so-called ‘Government of the Donetsk People’s Republic’. He has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Protégé of Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Former Head of the Administration of the Council of Ministers of the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’. Until March 2017, so-called ‘Plenipotentiary representative of the President’ of the so-called ‘Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic’ to the Russian Federation. Remains active in supporting separatist actions or policies. The trust services sanctions were imposed on 21/03/2023.

Other information

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