Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics

Aliases

GNTs RF FGUP TsNIIKhM; NIII6; Scientific Research Institute No 6; State Research Centre of the Russian Federation Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Scientific Research Institute for Chemistry and Mechanics; TSNIIKHM

Address

16a Nagatinskaya Street, Moscow, Russia

Official reason

The Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (TsNIIKhM) was responsible for a cyber attack on a petro-chemical company in August 2017. The cyber attack gained remote access to the Safety Instrumented Systems connected to the Industrial Control System of a petrochemical refinery. This shut down the plant for over a week. The...

Other Information

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Date of listing

2022-03-24

Program information

Authority

UK

Program

The Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Regime

UK horizontal

Target State

Cyber

Measures

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

Sanctions Portfolio

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...

Official Information

The Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They put in place sanctions measures aimed at furthering the prevention of cyber activity which: • undermines, or is intended to undermine, the integrity, prosperity or security of the United Kingdom or a country other than the United Kingdom • directly or ...

Additional Details

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.

Program URL

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/597