Last Updated: July 18, 2025
Vitalii Viktorovitch PERFILEV
Aliases
Виталий Викторович ПЕРФИЛЬЕВ; Vitalij Viktorovič PERFILEV; Vitalij Viktorovitj PERFILJEV
Position
former security advisor to the President of the Central African Republic (CAR) (until November 2023)
Nationality
Russian Federation
DoB
1983-09-11
Address
Bangui, Central African Republic
Reg. ID
NR 75 2987491 (passport-National passport) (valid from 2016-03-30 to 2026-03-30)
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202402999
Official reason
Perfilev is the security advisor to the President of the Central African Republic (CAR). He is a key figure within the Wagner Group in CAR. The Wagner Group is listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including CAR. Given his influential po...
Other Information
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023D0433
Date of listing
2024-12-03
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