Last Updated: May 23, 2025
Mikhail Maratovich FRIDMAN
Aliases
Михаил Маратович ФРИДМАН; Mikhaïl Fridman; Michail Fridman; Михаил Фридман
Position
Russian businessperson, one of the main shareholders of ABH Holdings, which controlled a major Russian bank, Alfa Bank, and still controls other companies in the Alfa Group. Fridman also has a significant shareholding in Rosvodokanal, one of the leading private operators of water utilities in Russia.
DoB
1964-04-21
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ%3AL_202500527&qid=1742218670627
Official reason
Mikhail Fridman is the founder and one of the main shareholders of the Alfa Group, which includes the major Russian bank Alfa Bank. He has managed to cultivate strong ties to the administration of Vladimir Putin, and has been referred to as a top Russian financier and enabler of Putin’s inner circle. He managed to acquire state assets through gover...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2022-02-28)
Date of listing
2025-03-15
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
The Russian Federation, Ukraine, Crimea
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