Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Olesya Yurievna VOROBYOVA
Aliases
Олеся Юрьевна ВОРОБЬЕВА; Olesya Yurievna VOROBJOVA; Olesia Jurievna VOROBYOVA; Olesia Vorobiová
Position
State Prosecutor
DoB
1981-06-04
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401488
Official reason
As prosecutor in the politically motivated case against the prominent human rights defender Oleg Orlov, Olesya Yurievna Vorobyova asked to sentence Oleg Orlov to 2 years and 11 months in prison, arguing that Orlov’s article against Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine was motivated by ‘ideological hostility and hatred’. Oleg Orlov, ag...
Other Information
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401484
Date of listing
2024-05-27
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
• Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Russia • Restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (sectoral restrictive measures)
Regime
EU country specific
Target State
Russia
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission, Other financial restrictions, Trade sanctions
Sanctions Portfolio
- All funds and economic resources beloning to, owned, held or controlled by any natural or legal person, enity or body listed in Annex IV of Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 shall be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them or to their benefit. - Member States shall take the necessary measures to ...
Official Information
Restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (sectoral restrictive measures) Since March 2014, the EU has progressively imposed restrictive measures (sanctions) against Russia targeting specific economic sectors in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol and the deliberate destabilisat...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02014D0512-20220604