Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 of 7 December 2020 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses

Данила Юрьевич МИХЕЕВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Director of non-profit organisation ‘Independent expert’ DOB: 1.3.1999 POB: Moscow, Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male Individual Taxpayer Number: 771577190559 Mikheev serves as an ‘expert witness’ for the Russian government in politically motivated court cases. He acted as an expert in the politically motivated court proceedings against Vladimir Kara-Murza. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, through his activities, he is responsible for supporting the serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 5.6.2023

Денис Владимирович КОЛЕСНИКОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Head of the Investigative Department at the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Rank of Lieutenant General. DOB: 29.6.1976 Nationality: Russian Gender: male In his position as Head of the Investigative Department at the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Kolesnikov gave authorisation to issue a politically motivated criminal accusation against Vladimir Kara-Murza. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, in his position, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 5.6.2023

(Maiden name: GARIPOVA) Диана Игоревнa МИЩЕНКО (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge of the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow DOB: 12.5.1977 POB: Moscow, Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Passport no.: 4508731961 Gender: female Fiscal registration no.: K7VGTQKBDX68 Individual Taxpayer Number: 771805281790 In her position as Judge of the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow, Diana Mishchenko is involved in the politically motivated court case against Vladimir Kara-Murza. She issued a sentence to approve the administrative arrest of Vladimir Kara-Murza for 15 days. Vladimir Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, Diana Mishchenko is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 5.6.2023

Елена Анатольевна ЛЕНСКАЯ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge of the Basmaniy District Court of Moscow DOB: 22.1.1979 POB: Moscow, Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: Female Individual Taxpayer Number: 770905658030 In her position as Judge of the Basmaniy District Court of Moscow, Lenskaya is involved in the politically motivated court case against Vladimir Kara-Murza. She issued the ruling to approve the arrest of Kara-Murza for two months. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, she is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 5.6.2023

Илья Павлович КОЗЛОВ (Russian spelling) Function: Judge of the Moscow City Court DOB: 17.10.1973 POB: Moscow, Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male In his position as Judge of the Moscow City Court, Kozlov is involved in the politically motivated court case against Vladimir Kara-Murza. He denied the appeal request of Kara-Murza on his administrative arrest. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 5.6.2023

Сергей Геннадьевич ПОДОПРИГОРОВ (Russian spelling) Position: Judge of the Moscow City Court DOB: 8.1.1974 POB: Moscow, Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male Address: 16c2, Shmitovskiy Proyezd, Apartment 52.Moscow, Russia, 123100 (Шмитовский пр-д, 16с2, Москва, Россия, 123100. Квартира 52) In his position as Judge of the Moscow City Court, Sergei Podoprigorov is involved in the politically motivated court case against Vladimir Kara-Murza. He chaired the collegium of Judges at the Moscow City Court who on 17 April 2023 sentenced opposition activist Kara-Murza to 25 years in high-security prison/labour camp. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Kara Murza was released in the 2024 prisoner exchange in Ankara. Previously, Podoprigorov, as a Judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi district court, made two rulings in relation to Sergei Magnitsky, who exposed corruption and misconduct by Russian government officials, and was later persecuted and died in Russian prison. Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 5.6.2023

Дмитрий Викторович КОМНОВ (Russian spelling) Function: Lieutenant Colonel, former Head of Moscow pre-trial detention centre SIZO-5 ‘Vodnik’ DOB: 17.5.1977 POB: Kashira Region, Moscow, Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male Komnov was a senior officer of the Russian penitentiary system. He was Head of Moscow pre-trial detention centre SIZO-5 ‘Vodnik’, where Vladimir Kara-Murza was held. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. The health condition of Kara-Murza has considerably deteriorated since his detention began in April 2022. Komnov is responsible for the degrading treatment of Kara-Murza as he was sent to a punishment cell in spite of a severe nerve disorder caused by two earlier poisonings. The ill treatment of Kara-Murza in the pre-trial detention centre managed by Komnov confirms the pattern of established practice of inhumane treatment of detained opponents of the regime. He was the warden of ‘Butyrka’ pre-trial detention centre at a time when unbearable conditions led to the death of anti-corruption activist Sergei Magnitsky. Kara Murza was released in the 2024 prisoner exchange in Ankara. Therefore, Komnov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including degrading treatment and violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 5.6.2023

Олег Анатольевич БАРАНОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Head of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow; Lieutenant General of the Police DOB: 16.3.1969 POB: Potsdam, Germany Nationality: Russian Gender: male Associated entities: Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow Center for Combating Extremism; Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow; NTechLab; Tevian Oleg Baranov is the Head of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow. In this capacity, he oversees police forces, criminal investigators, detention facilities, the Center for Combating Extremism and other law enforcement units in Moscow. The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow under his command monitored and arbitrarily detained independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It also tracked down and detained draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. To these ends, it employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression. Therefore, Oleg Baranov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 20.7.2023

Эдуард Анатольевич ЛЫСЕНКО (Russian spelling) Position(s): Minister of the Government of Moscow; Head of the Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow DOB: 22.1.1975 POB: Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Associated individuals: Natalia Sergunina Associated entities: Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow; The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow Eduard Lysenko is a Minister in the Government of Moscow and the Head of the Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow. The Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow develops and uses the facial recognition system in Moscow. It transmits data from the facial recognition system to the law enforcement units of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow. The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression, notably to monitor and arbitrarily detain independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The facial recognition system was also used by the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow to track down and detain draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, Eduard Lysenko is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 20.7.2023

Наталья Алексеевна СЕРГУНИНА (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy Mayor in the Government of Moscow; Head of the Apparatus of the Mayor and Government of Moscow DOB: 22.8.1978 POB: Moscow, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality:Russian Gender: female Address: (Office) Voznesensky pereulok, 22, 125009 Moscow, Russian Federation Associated individuals: Eduard Lysenko Associated entities: Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow; Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow; Other identifying information: Tel.: +74956298447 (office) Natalia Sergunina is a Deputy Mayor of Moscow. The Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow, which falls under her competence, develops and uses the facial recognition system in Moscow. It transmits data from the facial recognition system to the law enforcement units of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow. The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression, notably to monitor and arbitrarily detain independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The facial recognition system was also used by the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow to track down and detain draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, Natalia Sergunina is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 20.7.2023

Дмитрий Юрьевич НОЖКИН (Russian spelling) Position(s): Head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir region DOB: 3.7.1981 Address: Suzdalskaya St., 2, 118, Vladimir, Vladimir region, Russia, 600009 Individual Taxpayer Number: 583520944622 Dmitry Nozhkin is the head of the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022. Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Dmitry Nozhkin bears immediate responsibility as head of the facility. Therefore, Dmitry Nozhkin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. 20.7.2023

Юрий Александрович ФОМИН (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir region DOB: 28.08.1986 Address: Komsomolskaya St., 95/2, 13, Kovrov, Vladimir region, Russia, 601914 Yuri Fomin is a deputy head of the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022. Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Yuri Fomin bears immediate responsibility as deputy head of the facility. Therefore, Yuri Fomin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. 20.7.2023

Данила Андреевич СИНЮХИН (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir region DOB: 8.8.1990 Address: Narodnaya St., 8, 91, Vladimir, Vladimir region, Russia, 600026 Danila Sinyukhin is a deputy head of the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022. Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Danila Sinyukhin bears immediate responsibility as deputy head of the facility. Therefore, Danila Sinyukhin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. 20.7.2023

Анатолий Алексеевич ГОРШКОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir region DOB: 6.5.1984 Address: Sergey Lazo St., 4/1, 75, Kovrov, Vladimir region, Russia, 601911 Anatoly Gorshkov is a deputy head of the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022. Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Anatoly Gorshkov bears immediate responsibility as deputy head of the facility. Therefore, Anatoly Gorshkov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. 20.7.2023

Дмитрий Иванович МАКОРИН (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir region DOB: 23.6.1984 Address: Dachny proezd, 3, apt. 3, Melehovo, Vladimir region, Russia Dmitry Makorin is a deputy head of the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022. Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Dmitry Makorin bears immediate responsibility as deputy head of the facility. Therefore, Dmitry Makorin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. 20.7.2023

Михаил Алексеевич НEИМОВИЧ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Lieutenant in IK-6 prison in Vladimir region DOB: 25.11.1997 Address: Muromskaya St., 9, 22, Kovrov, Vladimir region, Russia, 601909 Mikhail Neimovich is a lieutenant of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia at the penal colony IK-6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir Region, where the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been held since his sentencing in March 2022. Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Mikhail Neimovich bears immediate responsibility. Therefore, Mikhail Neimovich is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression. 20.7.2023

Алексей Иванович ГИРИЧЕВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): (Former) Regional head of the FSIN in Vladimir region (Federal Penitentiary Service) until March 2023; current deputy head of FSIN DOB: 3.8.1975 POB: Kalach, Kalacheyevsky District, Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation) Address: (previously) Zoe Kosmodemyanskaya St., 5 Corps 1, 95, Kovrov, Vladimir Region, Russia, 601911 Individual Taxpayer Number: 382101379684 Alexey Girichev is the deputy Head of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), which has held the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny prisoner since his sentencing in March 2022. Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Alexey Girichev bears direct responsibility as deputy head of the FSIN. Therefore, Alexey Girichev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and arbitrary arrests or detentions. 20.7.2023

Аркадий Александрович ГОСТЕВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Director of FSIN (former Deputy Minister of the Interior, until 2021) DOB: 11.2.1961 POB: Shatsky District, Ryazan Region, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation) Address: lobachevskogo, 92-12, Moscow, 117453 Passport number: 620120675 Arkady Gostev is the Director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), which has held the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny prisoner since his sentencing in March 2022. Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a sharp deterioration of his health. The methods employed by the colony’s management (inter alia using ultra-bright LED lights) amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the IK-6 penal colony, for which Arkady Gostev bears direct responsibility as Director of the FSIN. Therefore, Arkady Gostev is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and arbitrary arrests or detentions. 20.7.2023

SAMOFAL  [^E0001] Александр Александрович САМОФАЛ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Agent of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation DOB: 23.8.1981 POB: Moscow, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation) Address: (previously) Military Unit 2568, FSB Border Service Academy, Golitsyno, Russian Federation Alexander Samofal is an officer of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). In that capacity, he was personally involved in an FSB operation to assassinate the leading Russian opposition figure Wladimir Kara-Murza through the use of a neurotoxin. The near-fatal poisoning severely damaged Kara-Murza’s health, negatively impacting his long-term physical condition. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations were opened against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and after he publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, Alexander Samofal is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 20.7.2023

a.k.a. Mawlawi, Maulvi, Hadith, Sheikh حبیب الله اغا (Pashto spelling) Position(s): Acting Taliban Minister of Education DOB: 1954 or 1955 POB: Vach Bakhto, Shah Wali Kot, Kandahar province, Afghanistan Nationality: Afghan Gender: male Habibullah Agha was appointed acting Taliban Minister of Education in September 2022. In this capacity, Habibullah Agha has implemented the Taliban policy of denying girls access to secondary education by extending the ban on female students participating in secondary education beyond the sixth grade. Moreover, Habibullah Agha has personally aggravated existing gender-discriminating policies of the Taliban by ordering the closure of private and NGO-run education centres that had previously served as a place of education for girls. Therefore, he bears personal responsibility for human rights violations in Afghanistan, in particular the imposition of systematic gender-based repression in the education sector. He is personally responsible for the continued violation of Afghan girls’ fundamental right to secondary education and the right to equal treatment between boys and girls in the field of secondary education, thereby further excluding girls from society. In his capacity as acting Taliban Minister of Education, he is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, in particular the violation of girls’ and women’s right to education and the right to equal treatment between men and women. 20.7.2023

a.k.a. Mawlawi Sheikh Abdul Hakim Haqqani Ishaqzai; ‘Shaikhul Hadis’ Maulvi Abdul Hakim ‘Haqqani’ شیخ الحدیث مولوي عبدالحکیم حقاني لقضات شیخ عبدالحکیم حقاني (Pashto spelling) Position(s): Acting Taliban Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan Qazi al-Quzzat (Supreme Judge) DOB: 1967 POB: Panjwayi, Kandahar province, Afghanistan Nationality: Afghan Gender: male Abdul Hakim Haqqani is the current acting Taliban Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan, appointed by the Taliban leadership in 2021. In this capacity, he has effectively used the legal system to implement gender-based repression against women by excluding female judges from the Afghan court system and systematically restricting women’s access to justice, thereby violating the principle of equal treatment between men and women. On 8 July 2025, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Haqqani due to his alleged responsibility for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender and political grounds. Beyond his role as acting Taliban Chief Justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani functions as an ideological leader within the Taliban. Through his personal access to Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, he has exercised political influence in order to shape the Taliban’s ideology with regard to gender repression, in particular by issuing guidance for the systematic exclusion of women and girls from public life in Afghanistan. In his capacity as acting Taliban Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan, he is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, in particular the violation of women’s right to access to justice and the right to equal treatment between men and women. 20.7.2023

a.k.a. Sharae; Sharie; Shara’i عبدالحکیم شریری (Pashto spelling) Position(s): Acting Taliban Minister of Justice Title: Shaikh-al-Hadith Mawlawi DOB: 1961 POB: Ayub Khil, Khost province, Afghanistan Nationality: Afghan Gender: male Following the Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan, Abdul-Hakim Sharei, in his capacity as acting Taliban Minister of Justice, has initiated a concerted effort to turn the national justice system against Afghan women. He has effectively obstructed the licensing of female lawyers and women’s ability to receive legal representation, and removed women from positions within the justice system. His instruction to review the entire legal framework of Afghanistan has also ended the application of the Law on the Elimination of Violence against Women. These policies constitute a concerted effort to employ the denial of justice as an effective tool to foster a system of gender-based repression by exposing women and girls to a state of lawlessness and impunity, for which Abdul-Hakim Sharei is directly and personally responsible. In his capacity as acting Taliban Minister of Justice, he is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, in particular the violation of women’s right to access to justice and the right to equal treatment between men and women. 20.7.2023

Position(s): Major General, South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) POB: Ezo, Ezo County, Western Equatoria, South Sudan Address: Juba, South Sudan Nationality: South Sudanese Gender: male James Nando is a senior officer in the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF), holding the rank of Major General. He commands forces in the South Sudan state of Western Equatoria that committed widespread attacks against the civilian population. His forces systematically employed sexual and gender-based violence as a means to terrorise the population. In his capacity as Major General, he is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in South Sudan, including sexual and gender-based violence. As of 2025, he is still militarily active and continues to be involved in acts of violence against civilians. 20.7.2023

a.k.a. Mahamet Salleh

Position(s): General, Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic (FPRC) Nationality: Central African Republic POB: Haute-Kotto Prefecture, Central African Republic Gender: male In his capacity as a leading figure in the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic (FPRC), Mahamat Salleh has commanded forces in the Central African Republic that have carried out widespread attacks against the civilian population. For years, Salleh and the forces under his command have repeatedly committed crimes related to sexual and gender-based violence on a massive scale as a means to terrorise the civilian population. In his capacity as General in the FPRC, he is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in the Central African Republic, including sexual and gender-based violence. 20.7.2023

Iгор Леонiдович КОЛЕДА (Ukrainian spelling) Игорь Леонидович КОЛЕДА (Russian spelling) Position(s): Commander of the 30th Motorised Rifle Brigade Rank: Colonel DOB: 11.12.1973 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Armed forces identification number: 540530367155 Igor Leonidovich Koleda is commander in the 30th Motorised Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces and holds the rank of Colonel. The brigade under his command took part in Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. In early 2022, Members of the 30th Motorised Rifle Brigade employed acts of sexual and gender-based violence against the Ukrainian civilian population, including against at least one minor. The Ukrainian authorities have identified one member of the 30th Motorised Rifle Brigade as being suspected of sexual violence against women. The scale and severity of acts of sexual violence taking place in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine suggest that systematic planning has been carried out and that Russian commanders are aware of sexual violence by military personnel in Ukraine and in some cases encourage or even order it. In his capacity as commander of the 30th Motorised Rifle Brigade, Igor Koleda is therefore responsible for human rights violations in Ukraine, including sexual and gender-based violence. 20.7.2023

Елена Викторовна ПОДОЛЬНАЯ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Russian Prosecutor; Deputy Prosecutor at the ‘Simferopol District Court in the Republic of Crimea’ DOB: 5.9.1978 Gender: female Tax ID number: 261803847664 Elena Podolnaya is the Deputy Prosecutor at the ‘Simferopol District Court in the Republic of Crimea’ established by Russia’s occupying force in the illegally annexed Crimea. In that position, Elena Podolnaya took part in the politically motivated court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist, and proposed an 11-year prison sentence for him. Vladyslav Yesypenko was sentenced to 6 years in prison. The court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, she is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and in the territories occupied by it, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 8.9.2023

Денис Владимирович КОРОВИН (Russian spelling) Position(s): Officer of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) Gender: male Denis Korovin is an officer of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). In his position, he took part in torturing Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist, who was sentenced to 6 years in prison. The court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and in the territories occupied by it, including torture, inhuman and degrading treatment and violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 8.9.2023

Длявер Меметович БЕРБЕРОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge at the ‘Simferopol District Court of the Republic of Crimea’ DOB: 17.8.1978 POB: Uzbekistan Gender: male Dliaver Berberov is a judge at the ‘Simferopol District Court in the Republic of Crimea’ established by Russia’s occupying force in the illegally annexed Crimea. In that position, he took part in the politically motivated court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist. On 16 February 2021, Dliaver Berberov announced the verdict of Vladyslav Yesypenko’s case and sentenced him to 6 years in prison. 8.9.2023 Address: 6 Turkenicha St., Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine АР Крим, г. Симферополь, ул. Туркенича 6 DRFO code: 2871801456 The court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and in the territories occupied by it, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression.

Виталий Олегович ВЛАСОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Investigator at the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) DOB: 7.5.1986 POB: Shimanovsk/Amur Oblast/Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male Vitaliy Vlasov is an investigator at the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). In that position, he conducted the investigations in the cases of journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko, of members of the Crimean Tatar community in Crimea, including Nariman Dzhelyalov, as well as of members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, including Aleksandr Dubovenko and Aleksandr Litvinyuk. In that context, Vlasov has been involved in the systematic persecution campaigns targeting the Crimean Tatar community and members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses for their religious beliefs. Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and in the territories occupied by it, including torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, arbitrary arrest and detention, and violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 8.9.2023

Виктор Викторович КРАПКО (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge of the ‘Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea’; Former Judge at the Kiev District Court of Simferopol DOB: 22.1.1989 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Viktor Krapko is a judge at the ‘Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea’ established by Russia’s occupying force in the illegally annexed Crimea. In that position, he took part in the politically motivated court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist, and Nariman Dzhelyalov, a Crimean Tatar. Krapko is also responsible for authorising searches in the homes of members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2021 in Russian-occupied Crimea. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. In that context, Krapko has been involved in the systematic persecution campaigns targeting the Crimean Tatar community and members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses for their religious beliefs. Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and the territories occupied by it, including violations of freedom of opinion and expression. 8.9.2023

Анастасия Ивановна СУПРЯГА (Russian spelling) Position(s): Prosecutor in the ‘Prosecutor’s Office of Crimea’ DOB: 15.3.1983 POB: Vinohradove, Saksky district, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Nationality: Russian Gender: female Anastasia Supryaga is a prosecutor of the ‘Prosecutor’s Office of Crimea’ established by Russia’s occupying force in the illegally annexed Crimea. In that position, she took part in the politically motivated court proceedings and the prosecution of Akhtem Chiygoz, deputy Chair of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people and of members of the Crimean Tatar community, including Nariman Dzhelyalov. In that context, Supryaga has been involved in the systematic persecution campaigns targeting the Crimean Tatar community and members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses for their religious beliefs. Therefore, she is responsible for serious human rights violations in the Russian Federation and the territories occupied by it, including arbitrary arrests or detentions. 8.9.2023

Екатерина Михайловна МИЗУЛИНА (Russian spelling) Position(s): Chairwoman of the Safe Internet League; Member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation DOB: 1.9.1984 POB: Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: female Associated individuals: Elena Borisovna Mizulina; Konstantin Valerevich Malofeev Ekaterina Mizulina is a Russian public figure and the Chairwoman of the Safe Internet League. In this position, she is enforcing censorship practices against Internet content creators and artists in favour of the Russian government and its policies. As the Chairwoman of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina is initiating official complaints to the Russian law enforcement agencies against Internet content creators, i.e. bloggers, as well as musicians, celebrities and influencers. As a result, Ekaterina Mizulina is forcing Russian Internet content creators and artists either to delete anti-government content or to create content in favour of the Russian government and its policies. Therefore, Ekaterina Mizulina is responsible for serious and systematic abuses of freedom of opinion and expression, which are also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 29.1.2024

a.k.a. Valentina Evgen’yevna LEVASHOVA  [^E0001] Валентина Евгеньевна ЛЕВАШОВА a.k.a. Валентина Євгенiївна ЛЄВАШОВА (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge, Basmanniy District Court, Moscow DOB: 14.10.1978 Nationality: Russian Gender: female Address: Preobrazhenskiy Val St., 24 building 1, Flat 69, Moscow, Russia, 107061 Valentina Levashova is a judge at the Basmanniy District Court of Moscow. In this capacity she is involved in serious and systematic violations of human rights against the leaders of the Russian opposition. She is a representative of the judiciary who made biased decisions in politically motivated cases against persons who opposed the military invasion of Ukraine, or decisions that justified military and other actions of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, including in the case against Vladimir Kara-Murza. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, she is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests and detentions. 29.1.2024

Олег Викторович АЛЫПОВ Олег Вiкторович АЛИПОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Golovinsky Interdistrict Prosecutor of Moscow DOB: 7.3.1981 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Oleg Alypov is the Golovinsky Interdistrict Prosecutor of Moscow. In his capacity as a Prosecutor, he is involved in serious and systematic violations of human rights against the leaders of the Russian opposition, including in the case of Vladimir Kara-Murza. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests and detentions. 29.1.2024

Людмила Михайловна СМОЛКИНA Людмила Михайлiвна СМОЛКIНА (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge, Moscow City Court DOB: 6.8.1961 Nationality: Russian Gender: female Address: 45 Angarskaya St., building 1, 51, Moscow, Russia, 125412 Ludmila Smolkina is a Judge at the Moscow City Court. In this capacity, she is involved in serious and systematic violations of human rights against the leaders of the Russian opposition, including in the case of Vladimir Kara-Murza. The Russian authorities have used criminal charges to arrest, prosecute and convict human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents voicing their criticism of the invasion of Ukraine. Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist in Russia. Politically motivated court proceedings based on false allegations started against him in 2022 after he accused the Kremlin of committing war crimes in Ukraine and publicly condemned Russian aggression. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in a high-security prison/labour camp. The court proceedings against him targeted his activism and served as a show trial in Russia to suppress voices critical of the ruling regime in voicing opposition to the war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian regime is using the judiciary of the country as a widespread tool in numerous serious human rights violations. The justice system is not independent and is used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime, by violating their freedom of opinion and expression. Therefore, she is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests and detentions. 29.1.2024

Юрий КОНОВЕЕВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Head of the SUS detachment ‘PKT’ in the IK-3 penal colony DOB: 7.5.1987 POB: Rivne, former USSR (now Ukraine) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Yuri Konoveev is the head of the SUS detachment and PKT punishment cells (also known as the head of the department of educational work) in the IK-3 penal colony, where he has been working since at least 2019. Alexei Navalny was placed under his authority from 25 December 2023 until his death on 16 February 2024. In that position, Konoveev oversaw wards responsible for Alexei Navalny’s ill-treatment and directly interacted with him at least once a month. Given his responsibility for punishment cells, he ensured that a regime of maximum possible physical isolation was inflicted on Navalny. In his role of overseeing the (re-)education of detainees, he was responsible for supporting a system built on breaking the detainees’ will, creating a feeling of complete hopelessness and inhuman living conditions. Witnesses testified that human rights violations had occurred in the context of detainees’ educational work and that torture was directly prescribed in the operational documents of the departments. Yuri Konoveev was also in charge of the investigative tests and the exercise yards where Alexei Navalny allegedly became ill. The IK-3 penal colony is known for exerting physical and psychological pressure, full isolation, torture and violence on prisoners. Konoveev is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

a.k.a. Alexei Vassilyevich LYSYUK  [^E0001] Алексей Васильевич ЛИСЮК (Russian spelling) Position(s): General hygiene doctor; Head of the medical unit in the IK-3 penal colony DOB: 1984 POB: Ussuriysk, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Alexei Lisyuk is a general hygiene doctor and has been the head of the medical unit of the IK-3 penal colony since at least August 2023. In that position, Lisyuk was responsible for the health of Alexei Navalny from 25 December 2023 until his death on 16 February 2024. Lisyuk neglected the dire detention and health conditions of Navalny, failed to ensure that his unit had adequate resuscitation capacities and failed to order his transport to the nearest hospital on time after he collapsed on 16 February 2024. The IK-3 penal colony is known for exerting physical and psychological pressure, full isolation, torture and violence on prisoners as well as for the poor quality of medical services. Lisyuk is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 22.3.2024

Вадим Kонстантинович КАЛИНИН Position(s): Head of the IK-3 penal colony DOB: 7.3.1973 POB: Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male Individual Taxpayer Number: 663401241613 Wadim Kalinin is the Head of the IK-3 penal colony. Within the chain of command in the IK-3 penal colony, being officially part of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) “senior command staff” and assuming a managerial role, he is directly tasked with executive decisions and therefore responsible for the overall conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the “Polar Wolf”, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of Alexei Navalny’s imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water. Therefore, Wadim Kalinin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

Сергей Николаевич КОРЖОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony POB: Russia Nationality: Russian Gender: male Sergey Nikolaevich Korzhov is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony. Within the chain of command in the IK-3 penal colony, being officially part of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)’s ‘senior command staff’ and assuming a managerial role, he is directly tasked with executive decisions and therefore responsible for the overall conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the ‘Polar Wolf’, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water. Therefore, Sergey Nikolaevich Korzhov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

Василий Александрович ВЫДРИН (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony POB: Russia Nationality: Russian Gender: male Vasily Alexandrovich Vydrin is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony. Within the chain of command in the IK-3 penal colony, being officially part of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)’s ‘senior command staff’ and assuming a managerial role, he is directly tasked with executive decisions and therefore responsible for the overall conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the ‘Polar Wolf’, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony include physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water. Therefore, Vasily Alexandrovich Vydrin is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

Владимир Иванович ПИЛИПЧИК Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony POB: Russia Nationality: Russian Gender: male Vladimir Ivanovich Pilipchik is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony. Within the chain of command in the IK-3 penal colony, being officially part of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)’s ‘senior command staff’ and assuming a managerial role, he is directly tasked with executive decisions and therefore responsible for the overall conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the ‘Polar Wolf’, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water. Therefore, Vladimir Ivanovich Pilipchik is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

Александр Владимирович ГОЛЯКОВ Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony POB: Russia Nationality: Russian Gender: male Alexander Vladimirovich Golyakov is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony. Within the chain of command in the IK-3 penal colony, being officially part of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)’s ‘senior command staff’ and assuming a managerial role, he is directly tasked with executive decisions and therefore responsible for the overall conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the ‘Polar Wolf’, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water. Therefore, Alexander Vladimirovich Golyakov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

Александр Валерьевич ОБРАЗЦОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony DOB: 1980-1990 POB: Russia Nationality: Russian Gender: male Address: Priuralisky District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, 629420 Alexander Valerievich Obraztsov is deputy head of the IK-3 penal colony. In that position, he is directly responsible for the conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony. The IK-3 penal colony, commonly known as the ‘Polar Wolf’, is the location where detained opposition politician Alexei Navalny died under unknown circumstances. The conditions of imprisonment in the IK-3 penal colony included physical violence such as torture and withholding warm water and adequate clothing in winter, medical assistance and food and water. Therefore, Alexander Valerievich Obraztsov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

Игорь Борисович РАКИТИН (Russian spelling) Position(s): Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region DOB: 5.10.1973 POB: Tyumen Oblast, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Tax identification number: 100602094834 Igor Borisovich Rakitin has been the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation since 28 July 2020. Under his command, a widespread and systematic pattern of torture has been established in penitentiary colonies in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region. Under his command, practices of torture have taken place in penal colonies IK-3 ‘Polar Wolf’ and IK-8 ‘Polar Bear’. That pattern includes deprivation of medical care, beatings, extensive periods of solitary confinement, deprivation of food and injection with unknown substances. In his position as Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region, Igor Borisovich Rakitin is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

Валерий Геннадьевич БОЯРИНЕВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): First deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation Rank: Major-General Nationality: Russian DOB: 2.9.1970 POB: Berezovskiy, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Gender: male Tax identification number: 190113308460 Valeriy Gennadyevich Boyarinev has been the first deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation since 4 July 2022. He was appointed by decree of the President of the Russian Federation. Under his command, a widespread and systematic pattern of torture has been established in the Russian penitentiary colonies, including the prison colony where Alexei Navalny was detained. That pattern includes deprivation of medical care, beatings, extensive periods of solitary confinement, deprivation of food and injection with unknown substances. In his position as First Deputy Director, Valeriy Gennadyevich Boyarinev personally gave the orders to limit the amount of food Navalny was allowed to buy during his stay in penal colony IK-6 in Vladimirskaya Oblast. Three days after the death of Navalny in a penitentiary colony under his supervision, Boyarinev was promoted to Major-General of internal service by presidential decree. Therefore, Valeriy Gennadyevich Boyarinev is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions, and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

Дмитрий Андреевич АРТЮХОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region Nationality: Russian DOB: 17.2.1988 POB: Tyumen Oblast, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Gender: male Tax identification number: 720414941639 Dmitriy Andreevich Artyukhov has been the Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation since 29 May 2018. Under his government, a widespread and systematic pattern of torture has been documented in penitentiary colonies, including the colony where Alexei Navalny was detained, across the region. That pattern includes deprivation of medical care, beatings, extensive periods of solitary confinement, deprivation of food and injection with unknown substances. Meetings between Dmitriy Andreevich Artyukhov and the head of the penal system demonstrate an awareness and condonement of those practices by the regional government and demonstrate the close cooperation between the regional government and the penitentiary service. In his position as Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region, Dmitriy Andreevich Artyukhov has supported and been involved in serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detentions and the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

Кирилл Сергеевич НИКИФОРОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge of the Vladimir Regional Court DOB: 14.3.1992 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Kirill Sergeevich Nikiforov is a judge of the Vladimir Regional Court. In his former capacity as a Kovrov City Court judge, he rejected the lawsuit of opposition leader Alexei Navalny against IK-6 to appeal against his transfer to a punishment cell for 12 days. While serving time in IK-6, officials regularly placed Alexei Navalny in a punishment cell for alleged minor infractions. Consequently, he spent months in isolation leading to a significant deterioration of his health. Therefore, in his former position as a judge of Kovrov City Court he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary detentions as well as torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as the violation of freedom of opinion and expression, which is of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 TEU. 22.3.2024

Андрей Александрович СУВОРОВ Position(s): Judge of the Moscow City Court DOB: 2.3.1980 POB: Russia Nationality: Russian Gender: male Andrey Aleksandrovich Suvorov is a judge of the Moscow City Court, which sentenced Alexei Navalny to 19 years in a special regime colony under inhumane conditions in 2023, leading to a severe deterioration of Navalny’s health. Therefore, in his position as a judge of the Moscow City Court, Suvorov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary detentions, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as the violation of freedom of opinion and expression, which is of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 TEU. 22.3.2024

Александр Александрович МУХАНОВ Position(s): Director of IK-1 DOB: 7.12.1984 POB: Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male Individual Taxpayer Number: 332806323008 Aleksandr Mukhanov is the Director of correctional colony N^o1 (IK-1) and he was the Director of correctional colony N^o2 (IK-2) during the period when Alexei Navalny was held there from March 2021 to June 2022. IK-2 is known for poor conditions of detention. Alexei Navalny, who had recently been poisoned, was refused access to civilian doctors in that colony, despite the threat to his health. As Director of IK-1, Aleksandr Mukhanov is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment as well as the systematic violation of freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024

Роман Александрович ВИДЮКОВ (Russian spelling) Position(s): Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department at the State Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation DOB: 30.7.1980 POB: Russia Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: male Roman Vidyukov is Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department and former investigator at the State Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. During the period when he held the position of investigator at the State Investigative Committee, Roman Vidyukov led the investigation in one of the cases in which Alexei Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2022. Roman Vidyukov also was a member of the preliminary investigation team for the “money laundering” case against Alexei Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation. Roman Vidyukov further led the investigation against Lilia Chanysheva, former Head of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa, who was convicted of “creation of an extremist community”. Lilia Chanysheva was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in 2023. During those court cases, Roman Vidyukov allegedly threatened a witness in order to force him to give testimony that would be favourable to the investigation during Alexei Navalny’s fraud case. Roman Vidyukov is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions and the violation of freedom of opinion and expression which is of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 TEU. 22.3.2024

Евгения Сергеевна НИКОЛАЕВА (Russian spelling) Position(s): Judge at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow DOB: 9.7.1981 POB: Russian Federation Nationality: Russian Gender: female Individual Taxpayer Number: 771873894393 Evgenia Nikolaeva has been a judge at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow since 2016. She has issued a number of rulings against political opponents (including Alexei Navalny, Ilia Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza), thereby contributing to political repression in Russia. In October 2023, she sent Alexei Navalny’s lawyers Alexey Liptser and Igor Sergunin to pre-trial detention for 2 months. Previously, she had repeatedly made life difficult for political prisoners, including by extending the terms of detention in pre-trial detention centre for the former head of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa, Lilia Chanysheva. Evgenia Nikolaeva also refused to address complaints about the inaction of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on the allegation of Alexei Navalny’s poisoning. In her position, Evgenia Nikolaeva is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions and the violation of freedom of opinion and expression which is of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 TEU. 22.3.2024