Last Updated: January 14, 2025
Valeriy Nikolaevich ZAKHAROV
Aliases
Валерий Николаевич ЗАХАРОВ; Valery Nikolaevich ZAKHAROV; Valerij Nikolajevitj ZAKHAROV; Valerij Zacharov; Валери Захаров
Position
former security counsellor to the President of the Central African Republic (CAR),\nformer member of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB)
DoB
1970-01-12
Reg. ID
M-5658 (other-Other identification number) (Wagner Group ID)
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202302722
Official reason
Valery Zakharov, a former member of the Russian state security (FSB), is the security counsellor to the President of the Central African Republic (CAR). He is a key figure in the Wagner Group’s command structure and keeps close links with the Russian authorities. Given his influential position in CAR and his leading role in the Wagner Group, he ...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2021-12-13)
Date of listing
2023-12-06
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
Regime
EU-horizontal
Target State
Human Rights
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 (CFSP) 2020/1999
Official Information
On 9 December 2019, the Council welcomed the launch by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of preparatory work to establish a horizontal EU sanctions regime against serious human rights violations and abuses. On 17 November 2020, the Council approved conclusions on the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Demo...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02020D1999-20211213