Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Vitaly Yuryevich ZAKHARCHENKO
Aliases
Vitali Yurievich Zaharchenko; Vitali Yur'yevich Zaharchenko; Vitalii Iurevich Zaharchenko; Vitalii Iurievich Zaharchenko; Vitalij Jur'evich Zaharchenko; Vitalij Jurievich Zaharchenko; Vitalij Yur'evich Zaharchenko; Vitalijj Jur'evich Zaharchenko; Vitalijj Jurievich Zaharchenko; Vitaliy Yurievich Zaharchenko; Vitaliy Yur'yevich Zaharchenko; Vitaly Y...
Position
Former Minister of Internal Affairs
Nationality
Ukraine
DoB
1963-01-20
Official reason
Vitaly Zakharchenko, former Minister of Internal Affairs, ordered police to clear protesters in Kyiv with the use of firearms in February 2014, causing the deaths of protesters and constituting a violation of the right to life. As Minister for Internal Affairs he was in overall charge of and bore responsibility for the actions of Ukrainian law enfo...
Other Information
He is subject to US sanctions for his role in the Ukraine maidan protests.and EU sanctions for Misappropriaton of state assets The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2020-12-31
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020
Regime
UK horizontal
Target State
Human Rights
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 put in place sanctions measures to deter, and provide accountability for, activities which, if carried out by or on behalf of a State within the territory of that State, would amount to a serious violation by that State of an individual’s: • right to life • right not to be subjected to torture or ...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.
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