Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Margarita Simonovna SIMONYAN

Aliases

Margarita Simonovna SIMONIYAN

Nationality

Russia

DoB

1980-04-06

Address

Novokuznetskaya Street 35-37 1 14, Moscow, Russia

Reg. ID

230810605961, Tax ID No.; 531257733, Passport

Official reason

Margarita Simonovna Simonyan (Simonyan) is the Editor-in-Chief of RT and a central figure in Russian government malign influence efforts. She allowed the operations of a front company to occur under the cover of RT. Today, OFAC designated Simonyan, Brodskaia, Anisimov, Kiyashko, Kalashnikov, Afanasyeva, Garashchenko, Yermoshkina, and Nezhentsev pur...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2559

Date of listing

2024-09-04

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021 Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Russia

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1127https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1029

Official Information

In response to the Russian Federation’s continued use of its military-industrial base to support its aggression against Ukraine, the President has issued an Executive Order (E.O.) amending E.O. 14024 that provides the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) with new authorities to target foreign financial institutions for engaging in certain transa...

Additional Details

SDN / NS-MBS / CAPTA

Program URL

1.https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/19/2021-08098/blocking-property-with-respect-to-specified-harmful-foreign-activities-of-the-government-of-the 2.https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/932436/download?inline