Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Sergey Vladimirovich SHCHERBAKOV
Aliases
Сергей Владимирович ЩЕРБАКОВ; Sergej Vladimirovitj SJTJERBAKOV
Position
Freelance \nemployee of the Russian GRU and Wagner group mercenary
DoB
1981-07-21
Address
Raskolnikova 11 app. 5, Astrakhan, Kirovskiy rayon, Russia, (Possibly)
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021R2193&from=EN
Official reason
Sergey Shcherbakov is a freelance employee of the Russian GRU and a Wagner Group mercenary. He fought in Donbas for the pro-Russian separatist forces as a member of a portable anti-aircraft missile complex military unit within the pro-Russian separatist Steppe battalion which shot down an Ukrainian helicopter and two Su-25 aircraft in Donbas. Ther...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2021-12-13)
Date of listing
2021-12-13
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
- Restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol (Crimea) - Restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (Territorial integrity) - Misappropriation of state funds of Ukraine (MSF) - Restrictive measures in response to the...
Regime
EU country specific, EU MSF
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 2014/145/CFSP.
Official Information
Program: Restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol (Crimea) On 6 March 2014, the Heads of State or Government of the EU countries strongly condemned the unprovoked violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity by Russia. At its meeting on 20-21 March 2014, the European Council strongly conde...
Program URL
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02014D0386-20220622 - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02014D0145-20230915 - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02014D0119-20230304 - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02022D0266-20230222