Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Aliases
Ivan Spiridinov
Position
FSB Operative attached to Criminalistics Institute
DoB
1976-08-21
Official reason
Ivan Osipov is an FSB operative in the Criminalistics Institute - Military Unit 34435. Evidence including phone and travel records suggest that Ivan Osipov was one of the operatives involved in the use of a chemical weapon in the attempted assassination of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny during his August 2020 visit to Siberia. A chemical ...
Other Information
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2021-08-20
Authority
UK
Program
The Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UK horizontal
Target State
Chemical Weapons
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 Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They put in place measures to ensure the UK can operate an effective sanctions regime in relation to the use and proliferation of chemical weapons. This sanctions regime is aimed at deterring the proliferation and use of chemical weapons. This in...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.
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