Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Viktor Pavlovich PSHONKA
Aliases
Viktor Pavlovytch Pchonka; Wiktor Pawlowytsch Pschonka; Victor Pavlovych Pshonca; Viktor Pavlovich Pshonka; Viktor Pavlovych Pshonka; Viktor Pavlovic Psonka; Viktor Pavlovyc Psonka
Position
Former General Prosecutor of Ukraine
Nationality
Ukraine
DoB
1954-02-06
Official reason
Viktor Pshonka was Prosecutor-General of Ukraine during the suppression of the Ukrainian protest movement from 2013-2014. His office was the primary organ for investigating allegations against Ukrainian law enforcement. There are reasonable grounds to suspect that he intentionally or recklessly failed to ensure that his office investigated credible...
Other Information
He is subject to 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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