Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Igor Sergeievich SHEVCHENKO

Aliases

Александр Юрьевич БОРОДАЙ; Aleksandr Jurjevitj BORODAJ

Position

Former so-called ‘Prime Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic’; Chairman of the Board of the Union of Volunteers of Donbass. Involved actively in recruitment and training of ‘volunteers’ sent to fight in Donbas.\n\nMember of the State Duma since September 2021. Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma for the Commonwealth of Independe...

DoB

1972-07-25

Linked to

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022R1529

Official reason

Former so-called ‘Prime Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic’, as such responsible for the separatist ‘governmental’ activities of the so-called ‘government of the Donetsk People’s Republic’ e.g. on 8 July 2014 stated ‘our military is conducting a special operation against the Ukrainian “fascists”’, signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding...

Other Information

(Date of UN designation: 2014-07-12)

Date of listing

2022-09-15

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