VAS Experts

• In forceAustralia DFAT

  Autonomous (Russia)

  In this state since

  25 Sept 2026

  Designated

  24 Sept 2026

  Measure

  Targeted financial sanction

  Legal basis

  Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Russia and Ukraine) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2026

  Stated by

  Australia DFAT Consolidated List

  First recorded here

  25 Sept 2026

  Listing id

  8934

• In forceFrance gels des avoirs

  (UE) 2026/1708 du 13/07/2026 (UE Russie répression R (UE) 2024/1485)

  In this state since

  12 Sept 2026

  Reason given

  VAS Experts fabrique, développe et vend du matériel et des logiciels liés au “système de mesures d’enquête opérationnelles” (SORM). Le SORM est un système de surveillance utilisé depuis le milieu des années 1990 pour contrôler l’internet et les communications mobiles en Russie, à savoir pour la surveillance des appels téléphoniques, des courriels, de la navigation sur internet, des messages textuels (SMS) et des réseaux sociaux. Les opérateurs de téléphonie mobile et les fournisseurs d’accès à internet sont légalement tenus d’installer le SORM. Il est installé dans tous les centres de données russes, à tous les points d’échange internet et au sein des principaux moteurs de recherche. Le trafic utilisateur est copié vers un serveur distinct ou vers un centre de données à la disposition du Service fédéral de sécurité (FSB). Le SORM recueille des informations sur la localisation physique des utilisateurs, les modèles d’activité, le moment de l’utilisation de l’appareil, le comportement des utilisateurs et l’utilisation de différentes cartes SIM dans un ou plusieurs appareils. Il peut être utilisé rétroactivement et à l’insu du fournisseur. Le SORM a été utilisé pour cibler des journalistes, des personnalités de l’opposition, des groupes minoritaires et des citoyens ordinaires. Il a également servi à poursuivre des partisans de l’opposition russe, des dirigeants tels qu’Alexeï Navalny, des organisateurs de manifestations, des personnes qui géraient des comptes internet critiques envers les autorités russes ou produisaient des rapports sur la situation politique, et des militants opposés à la guerre d’agression menée contre l’Ukraine. Le SORM a par ailleurs été utilisé pour placer en détention préventive des personnes soupçonnées d’activités antigouvernementales. Le SORM a eu une incidence profonde sur la possibilité pour les citoyens russes d’accéder à des informations objectives sur la guerre d’agression menée contre l’Ukraine. Il a également été utilisé pour bloquer le trafic en provenance de milliers de sites internet et de services occidentaux et pour empêcher d’y accéder. VAS Experts participe au développement, à la fourniture et à la maintenance du SORM, y compris le matériel et les logiciels qui sont intégrés dans des réseaux de télécommunications permettant donc aux services de renseignement d’accéder directement à des interceptions sur l’ensemble du trafic. VAS Experts est un fournisseur clé du SORM qui respecte les exigences en matière d’interception imposées par le FSB et soutient l’exploitation de l’infrastructure russe de surveillance des communications. VAS Experts opère dans un cadre établi et supervisé par les autorités russes. Ces autorités approuvent les exigences techniques pour le déploiement du SORM, exigent des opérateurs qu’ils coordonnent les plans de mise en œuvre, supervisent la conformité et utilisent l’équipement pour des activités d’interception directe. Par conséquent, VAS Experts développe et fournit des équipements spécifiquement conçus pour satisfaire aux exigences de surveillance définies par le FSB. VAS Experts apporte donc un soutien matériel à de graves violations des droits de l’homme et atteintes à ces droits, ainsi qu’à la répression de la société civile et de l’opposition démocratique.

  Stated by

  France Registre national des gels

  First recorded here

  12 Sept 2026

  Listing id

  4188

No ownership verdict was on file for this company on 24 October 2026.

As recorded by the assessment reading taken on 8 October 2026, 17:30 UTC, the newest on or before the date. Only “checked, not found” means a source was read in full and held nothing for the company.

Where the company is registered or connected

• RU: registered here; holds a register number issued here

  No company register for this jurisdiction has been connected to this system, and none has been examined. No register here states who owns this jurisdiction's companies, so an ownership chain reaching one stops.

• Whether each listing was in force is rebuilt from what was recorded here: when it was first read, when a source stopped or resumed carrying it, and when its published term ended. A listing in force at an authority before this system first read it is shown from that first read.
• No ownership verdict is kept for this company. Verdicts are kept for companies registered where shareholders are read here: Estonia, Latvia and Poland.

For each source behind this file, the newest read made on or before the date: the version of it that stood.

• Australia DFAT Consolidated List

  Read on 19 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 3,650 records read.

• Brazil CEIS (national procurement exclusions)

  Read on 21 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 23,804 records read.

• Brazil MTE employer register (lista suja)

  Read on 21 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 508 records read.

• Brazil TCU (firms declared inidôneas)

  Read on 22 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 94 records read.

• Canada Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List

  Read on 19 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 5,708 records read.

• EBRD Ineligible Entities

  Read on 22 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 1,278 records read.

• ESMA Sanctions Register

  Read on 23 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 845 records read.

• EU Consolidated Sanctions List

  Read on 19 October 2026. The publisher dates the file 15 October 2026, 4 days before it was read. 6,234 records read. Publisher's version: globalFileId 185699.

• France AMF blacklist of unauthorised actors

  Read on 23 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 2,574 records read.

• France Registre national des gels

  Read on 19 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 2,017 records read.

• IDB Sanctioned Firms and Individuals

  Read on 23 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 530 records read.

• Japan MOF Sanctions List

  Read on 19 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 2,900 records read.

• Latvia FID frozen assets register

  Read on 20 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 183 records read.

• Malaysia BNM financial consumer alert list

  Read on 19 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 588 records read.

• Malaysia SC investor alert list

  Read on 19 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 1,795 records read.

• Moldova procurement ban list

  Read on 29 September 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 22 records read.

• New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register

  Read on 20 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 529 records read.

• Norges Bank (fund exclusions and observation)

  Read on 20 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 201 records read.

• OFAC Consolidated (non-SDN)

  Read on 19 October 2026. The publisher dates the file 14 September 2026, 35 days before it was read. 481 records read.

• OFAC SDN

  Read on 19 October 2026. The publisher dates the file 15 October 2026, 4 days before it was read. 17,556 records read.

• Poland MSWiA sanctions list

  Read on 21 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 131 records read.

• SAM.gov Exclusions (US federal)

  Read on 24 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 10,194 records read.

• Slovenia KPK business restrictions

  Read on 15 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 4,351 records read.

• Swiss FINMA warning list

  Read on 19 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 2,372 records read.

• Switzerland SECO Sanctions List

  Read on 19 October 2026. The publisher dates the file 15 October 2026, 4 days before it was read. 7,040 records read.

• Taiwan SHTC export entity list

  Read on 21 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 11,664 records read.

• Türkiye MASAK asset freezes

  Read on 22 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 2,304 records read.

• UK OFSI Consolidated List

  Read on 8 October 2026. The file carries no date of its own; its newest record is dated 3 June 2026, 127 days before it was read. Newest designation in the file: 2025-12-19. 5,120 records read.

• UK Sanctions List (FCDO)

  Read on 19 October 2026. The publisher dates the file 16 October 2026, 3 days before it was read. 5,705 records read.

• UN Security Council Consolidated List

  Read on 19 October 2026. The publisher dates the file 17 October 2026, 2 days before it was read. 1,010 records read.

• US CBP forced-labour orders (WRO & Findings)

  Read on 20 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 63 records read.

• US Consolidated Screening List

  Read on 19 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 6,474 records read.

• US UFLPA Entity List

  Read on 20 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 205 records read.

• World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms and Individuals

  Read on 23 October 2026. No date from the publisher is read for this file, so its age is not known here. 1,539 records read.

Taken

8 October 2026, 17:30 UTC

Methodology

Version 5

Level

Medium

Score recorded

67 of 100

Digest

b4116b1bfa8065286c04ae3b7ade72f86152354aA fingerprint of everything the reading says. The same reading always has this digest, and any change in it gives another.

Reading id

57a4c80b-bbed-4833-ba43-af46d56b6d3f

Address

https://apolika.com/entities/22f5b4b8-cf7d-4162-996b-ad735b5a4e8f/evidence?as_of=2026-10-24The same address gives the same day's file tomorrow. What was recorded after the date is not in it.

As data

https://apolika.com/api/entities/22f5b4b8-cf7d-4162-996b-ad735b5a4e8f/evidence?as_of=2026-10-24T19%3A24%3A09.186Z

Made

24 October 2026, 19:24 UTC