Last Updated: November 10, 2025
Stepan Kirillovich KOVALCHUK
Aliases
Степан Кириллович КОВАЛЬЧУК; Степан Ковалчук; Stěpan Kovalčuk
Position
Senior Vice President for Media Strategy and Service Development at VK, a social media network. \nIn September 2023, appointed as head of the “Social Platforms and Media Content” business group.
DoB
1994-05-03
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202400849
Official reason
Stepan Kovalchuk is the great-nephew of Yuriy Kovalchuk. In December 2021 the company Sogaz, which is controlled by Yuriy Kovalchuk, acquired shares of the Social Media network VK. Consequently, Stepan Kovalchuk was promoted to Senior Vice President for Media Strategy and Service Development at VK, and now controls the media content at VK. Stepan K...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2022-12-16)
Date of listing
2024-03-13
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
- Restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol (Crimea) - Restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (Territorial integrity) - Misappropriation of state funds of Ukraine (MSF) - Restrictive measures in response to the...
Regime
EU country specific, EU MSF
Target State
Russia
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex of Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
Official Information
Program: Restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol (Crimea) On 6 March 2014, the Heads of State or Government of the EU countries strongly condemned the unprovoked violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity by Russia. At its meeting on 20-21 March 2014, the European Council strongly conde...
Program URL
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02014D0386-20220622 - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02014D0145-20230915 - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02014D0119-20230304 - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02022D0266-20230222