Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Alexey Valeryevich MININ
Aliases
Алексей Валерьевич МИНИН; Alexej Minin
Position
Human intelligence support officer of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GU/GRU). A grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania (United States of America) has indicted Alexey Minin, as an officer of the GRU, for computer aggravated identity theft and money laundering.
Nationality
Russia
DoB
1972-05-27
Address
Moscow, Russia
Reg. ID
120017582 (passport-National passport) (issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation valid from 2017-04-17 to 2022-04-17)
Linked to
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/886/oj
Official reason
Alexey Minin took part in an attempted cyber-attack with a potentially significant effect against the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Netherlands. As a human intelligence support officer of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GU/GRU), Alexey Minin was part of a...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2020-07-30)
Date of listing
2025-05-12
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States
Regime
EU-horizontal
Target State
Cyber-attacks
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) 2019/797.
Official Information
Through the adoption of the “Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox” on 19 June 2017, the Council stressed the growing need to protect the integrity and security of the EU, its Member States and their citizens against cyber threats and malicious cyber activities. At the European Council on 18 October 2018, Member States called for the introduction of a new EU san...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02019D0797-20230517