Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Tigran Edmondovich KEOSAYAN
Aliases
Тигран Эдмондович КЕОСАЯН; Tigran Edmondovitj KEOSAJAN
Position
Actor and director, host of the propagandist TV show on political affairs on NTV channel, called "International Sawmill with Tigran Keosayan".
DoB
1966-01-04
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022R1529
Official reason
Mr Tigran Keosayan is a film director and journalist who has spread anti-Ukrainian propa ganda in the Russian media. In his state-funded TV show ‘International Sawmill with Tigran Keosayan’, he consistently portrayed Ukraine as a weak and corrupt country which had been maintained solely thanks to Western help. He suggested that the Ukrainian author...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2022-02-28)
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