Last Updated: July 15, 2025
Arkady Alexandrovich GOSTEV
Aliases
Аркадий Александрович ГОСТЕВ; Arkadij Gostev; Arkady Aleksandrovitj GOSTEV; Arkadij Alexandrovič GOSTEV
Position
Director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN);\nformer Deputy Minister of the Interior (until 2021)
Nationality
Russian Federation
DoB
1961-02-11
Address
Lobachevskogo, 92-12, 117453, Moscow, Russian Federation
Reg. ID
620120675 (passport-National passport)
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1495
Official reason
Arkady Gostev is the Director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), which has held the Russian political opposition leader Alexei Navalny prisoner since his sentencing in March 2022. Navalny was subjected to several cycles of solitary confinement in a punishment cell for over 100 days since August 2022, contributing to a shar...
Other Information
Date of listing
2023-07-20
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