Last Updated: July 15, 2025
Alexander Alexandrovich IVANOV
Aliases
Александр Александрович ИВАНОВ; Alexandr Alexandrovič IVANOV; Aleksandr Aleksandrovitj IVANOV; Aleksandr Alexandrovich IVANOV; Alexandre Alexandrovich IVANOV; Aleksandr Iwanow
Position
Representative of Russian military instructors in the Central African Republic..\nHead of the Russian “Officers Union for International Security”, also called the Officers Community for International Security (COSI), a Wagner front company which sends Russian military instructors to CAR
DoB
1960-06-14
Address
Bangui, Central African Republic
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202302722
Official reason
Alexander Ivanov is the spokesperson of the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic (CAR). He is also the head of the Russian “Officers Union for International Security”, which sent the Russian military instructors to CAR. Those instructors are Wagner Group mercenaries. The Wagner Group is listed for serious human rights abuses, which include...
Other Information
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023D0433
Date of listing
2023-12-06
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
Regime
EU-horizontal
Target State
Human Rights
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 (CFSP) 2020/1999
Official Information
On 9 December 2019, the Council welcomed the launch by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of preparatory work to establish a horizontal EU sanctions regime against serious human rights violations and abuses. On 17 November 2020, the Council approved conclusions on the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Demo...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02020D1999-20211213