UK OFSI
Active- Programme
- Russia
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Stated grounds
- Mr Shamalov is a co-founder of the so-called Ozero Dacha, a co-operative society bringing together an influential group of individuals around President Putin. He is a significant shareholder of Bank Rossiya. Since the annexation of Crimea, Bank Rossiya has opened branches across Crimea and Sevastopol, thereby consolidating their integration into the Russian Federation. It also has important stakes in the National Media Group, which controls television stations which actively support the Russian Government's policies of destabiliation in Ukraine. It has contributed to the provision of insurance and investment throughout Crimea and Sevastopal and services to support military capability and major transport links.
- Source
- UK Sanctions List (FCDO)
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026