Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Abrek
Aliases
Айк Арсенович ГАСПАРЯН; Ayk Arsenovich GASPARYAN; Hayk Arsenovich GASPARYAN; Ajk Arsenovitj GASPARJAN; Ajk Gasparian; Hajk Gasparjan
Position
Commander of “ArBat” battalion.\nCommander of the assault forces of the Wagner group (commander of the forces during the battle of Soledar in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in January 2023)
DoB
1991-07-20
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202402455
Official reason
Hayk Gasparyan, known as “Abrek”, is the commander of the assault forces of the Wagner group in Ukraine. He served as commander of the forces during the battle of Soledar, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, in January 2023 and was awarded an Order of Courage for battlefield bravery for his participation in the war effort in Ukraine by the president ...
Other Information
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R0429
Date of listing
2024-09-13
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