Leonid Viktorovich MIKHELSON

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID

RUS1126

OFSI group ID

15073

Designation type

Individual

Date designated

6 April 2022

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
• Transport sanctions: see 'Other information'

Official reasons

• Leonid Viktorovich MIKHELSON is a prominent businessman whose significant business interests in the Russian energy and chemical sectors make him currently one of Russia’s richest men. Through his directorships and major shareholdings in the companies Novatek PJSC and PAO Sibur, MIKHELSON continues to obtain a benefit from and/or continues to support the Government of Russia by working as a director (whether executive or non-executive), trustee, or equivalent, of entities carrying on business in sectors of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian energy and chemicals sectors. The trust services sanctions were imposed on 21/03/2023.

Other information

• Transport sanctions: ships owned, controlled, chartered or operated by the individual are prohibited from entering a port in the UK; may be given a movement or a port entry direction, can be detained, and will be refused permission to register on the UK Ship Register or have its existing registration terminated. An aircraft owned, chartered or operated by the individual is prohibited from overflying or landing in the UK, may be given a movement direction, can be detained or moved to a specified airport, and will be refused permission to register on the CAA Aircraft Register or have its existing registration terminated. Prohibition of technical assistance relating to aircraft and ships: a prohibition on the provision of technical assistance relating to aircraft or ships will prevent a person from directly or indirectly providing technical assistance to, or for the benefit of, the designated person, where that technical assistance relates to an aircraft or ship. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.