Last Updated: July 14, 2025
Volodymyr LIPCHENKO
Aliases
Володимир ЛИПЧЕНКО; Vladimir LIPCHENKO
DoB
1974-09-28
Reg. ID
4015400649 (passport-National passport)
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202403188
Official reason
Vladimir Lipchenko is a GRU officer responsible for hybrid attacks in Europe under his pseudonym “Wlodek Lyakh”. He is part of a special department led by GRU Colonel Denis Alexandrovich Smolyaninov, set up to conduct sabotage activities in Western countries. He recruited a person to set fire to the Museum of the Occupation in Riga by throwing Molo...
Other Information
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202403188
Date of listing
2024-12-16
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures in view of Russia's destabilising activities
Regime
EU country specific
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 (CFSP) 2024/2643.
Official Information
In several of its Conclusions in 2022 and 2023 the Council strongly condemned Russian hybrid attacks threatening democracy, the rule of law, stability or security in the Union, its Member States and its partners, in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. In view of Russia’s continued hybrid campaign operations on European soil ...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202402643