| Names (Transliteration into Latin script) | Names | Identifying information | Reasons for listing | Date of listing |
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| "45. | Oleg Anatolyevich BARANOV | Олег Анатольевич БАРАНОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Head of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow; Lieutenant General of the PoliceDOB: 16.3.1969POB: Potsdam, GermanyNationality: RussianGender: maleAssociated entities:Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of MoscowCenter 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 |
| 46. | Eduard Anatolyevich LYSENKO | Эдуард Анатольевич ЛЫСЕНКО(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Minister of the Government of Moscow; Head of the Department of Information Technologies of the City of MoscowDOB: 22.1.1975POB: Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality: RussianGender: maleAssociated individuals:Natalia SerguninaAssociated 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 |
| 47. | Natalia Alekseevna SERGUNINA | Наталья Алексеевна СЕРГУНИНА(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy Mayor in the Government of Moscow; Head of the Apparatus of the Mayor and Government of MoscowDOB: 22.8.1978POB: Moscow, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Nationality:RussianGender: femaleAddress: (Office) Voznesensky pereulok, 22, 125009 Moscow, Russian FederationAssociated individuals:Eduard LysenkoAssociated 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 |
| 48. | Dmitry Yurievich NOZHKIN | Дмитрий Юрьевич НОЖКИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 3.7.1981Address: Suzdalskaya St., 2, 118, Vladimir, Vladimir region, Russia, 600009Individual 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 |
| 49. | Yuri Alexandrovich FOMIN | Юрий АлександровичФОМИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 28.08.1986Address: 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 |
| 50. | Danila Andreevich SINYUKHIN | Данила Андреевич СИНЮХИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 8.8.1990Address: 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 |
| 51. | Anatoly Alekseevich GORSHKOV | Анатолий Алексеевич ГОРШКОВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 6.5.1984Address: 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 |
| 52. | Dmitry Ivanovich MAKORIN | Дмитрий ИвановичМАКОРИН(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Deputy head of IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 23.6.1984Address: 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 |
| 53. | Mikhail Alekseevich NEIMOVICH | Михаил Алексеевич НEИМОВИЧ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Lieutenant in IK-6 prison in Vladimir regionDOB: 25.11.1997Address: 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 |
| 54. | Alexey Ivanovich GIRICHEV | 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 FSINDOB: 3.8.1975POB: Kalach, Kalacheyevsky District, Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Address: (previously) Zoe Kosmodemyanskaya St., 5 Corps 1, 95, Kovrov, Vladimir Region, Russia, 601911Individual 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 |
| 55. | Arkady Alexandrovich GOSTEV | Аркадий АлександровичГОСТЕВ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Director of FSIN (former Deputy Minister of the Interior, until 2021)DOB: 11.2.1961POB: Shatsky District, Ryazan Region, Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation)Address: lobachevskogo, 92-12, Moscow, 117453Passport 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 |
| 56. | Alexander AlexandrovichSAMOFAL | Александр АлександровичСАМОФАЛ(Russian spelling) | Position(s): Agent of the Federal Security Service of the Russian FederationDOB: 23.8.1981POB: 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" |