UK OFSI
Active- Programme
- Russia
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Stated grounds
- Alexey Lvovich NIKOLOV is an important Russian media figure and the managing director of the Russian broadcast company RT (formerly Russia Today). RT is state-funded by the Russian Government. NIKOLOV is therefore a director of a Government of Russia-affiliated entity which is carrying on business in a of a sector of strategic significance to the Russian Government whose actions are destabilising Ukraine and/or undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine.
- Source
- UK Sanctions List (FCDO)
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026