Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Elena Mikhaylovna AFANASYEVA
Aliases
Helena SHUDRA; Victoria PESTI
Nationality
Russia
DoB
1997-06-22
Address
Moscow, Russia
Reg. ID
752654183, Passport
Official reason
Elena Mikhaylovna Afanasyeva (Afanasyeva) is an employee of RT’s Digital Media Projects Department and reports to Kalashnikov. Starting in early 2024, Afanasyeva covertly interacted with prominent U.S. social media influencers under the cover of a fake persona, purporting to be an employee at a U.S. company to obscure RT’s and the Russian governmen...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2559
Date of listing
2024-09-04
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021 Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Russia
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1127 • https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1029
Official Information
In response to the Russian Federation’s continued use of its military-industrial base to support its aggression against Ukraine, the President has issued an Executive Order (E.O.) amending E.O. 14024 that provides the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) with new authorities to target foreign financial institutions for engaging in certain transa...
Additional Details
SDN / NS-MBS / CAPTA
Program URL
1.https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/19/2021-08098/blocking-property-with-respect-to-specified-harmful-foreign-activities-of-the-government-of-the 2.https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/932436/download?inline