UK sanctions: Chemical Weapons sanctions
41 designations under The Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019: 33 people, 8 companies and groups, as listed on the UK Sanctions List dated 03-Nov-2026. The newest designation is dated 6 July 2026.
Names, positions, sanctions and reasons are quoted from the list. Dates of birth, passport numbers and addresses are left out. Being on the list is a government designation, not a criminal conviction.
| Name and position | Type | Designated | Sanctions | UK statement of reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Signal 14 other names on the list | Entity | 6 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that SC Signal is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) SC Signal is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to chemical weapons; (2) SC Signal is a member of, or ass |
| Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Makhlay Chief Scientist. SC Signal 2 other names on the list | Individual | 6 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Th e Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Makhlay (hereafter 'Makhlay') is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) Makhlay is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to ch |
| Ivan Sergeyevich Kravtsov Head. 4th Scientific Research Department. SC Signal | Individual | 6 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Th e Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Ivan Sergeyevich Kravtsov (hereafter 'Kravtsov') is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) Kravtsov is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to chemica |
| Viktor Fedorovic Taranchenko Head of the 1st Scientific Research Centre at SC Signal 2 other names on the list | Individual | 6 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Th e Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Viktor Fedorovic Taranchenko (hereafter 'Taranchenko') is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) Taranchenko is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related t |
| Andrei Mikhailovich Antokhin Deputy Director of SC Signal 2 other names on the list | Individual | 6 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Th e Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Andrei Mikhailovich Antokhin (hereafter 'Antokhin') is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) Antokhin is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to chem |
| Sergei Viktorovich Chepur Head of the State Research Institute of Military Medicine (GNIII VM) 3 other names on the list | Individual | 6 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Sergei Viktorovich Chepur (hereafter 'Chepur') is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) Chepur is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to chemical wea |
| Vladimir Borisovich Kondratyev Director at State Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology (GosNIIOKhT). 1 other name on the list | Individual | 6 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Vladimir Borisovich Kondratyev (hereafter 'Kondratyev') is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) Kondratyev is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to |
| Artur Aleksandrovich Zhirov Director of SC Signal 3 other names on the list | Individual | 6 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Artur Aleksandrovich Zhirov (hereafter 'Zhirov') is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) Artur Zhirov is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to chem |
| The State Research Institute of Military Medicine (GNIII VM) 8 other names on the list | Entity | 6 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the State Research Institute of Military Medicine (hereafter 'GNIII VM') is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) GNIII VM is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited acti |
| JOINT STOCK COMPANY FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRODUCTION CENTRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY 6 other names on the list | Entity | 7 July 2025 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Joint Stock Company Federal Scientific and Production Centre Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, as it is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting, a prohibited activity related to chemical weapons. Specifically, the Joint Stock Company Federal Scientific |
| Andrei Viktorovich MARCHENKO Major General Deputy Head. Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops | Individual | 7 July 2025 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Andrei MARCHENKO is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) MARCHENKO is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to chemical weapons; (2) MARCHENKO is a member of, or associated with, an entity, namely the Radiological, Chemical and Biological De |
| Aleksey Viktorovich RTISHCHEV Major General Head. Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops 3 other names on the list | Individual | 7 July 2025 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Aleksey RTISHCHEV is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) RTISHCHEV is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to chemical weapons; (2) RTISHCHEV is a member of, or associated with, an entity, namely the Radiological, Chemical and Biological D |
| Denis SERGEEV An officer of senior rank, possibly Major General, serving in the Russian Military Intelligence Service (GRU) 1 other name on the list | Individual | 7 November 2024 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Denis SERGEEV is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis that he has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to chemical weapons. Specifically, SERGEEV provided support in the preparation and use of the chemical weapon Novichok in Salisbury on 4 March 2018, and provided a coordinati |
| Russian Ministry of Defence 33rd Central Scientific Research and Testing Institute 3 other names on the list | Entity | 8 October 2024 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Russian Ministry of Defence 33rd Central Scientific Research and Testing Institute is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) the Russian Ministry of Defence 33rd Central Scientific Research and Testing Institute is a member of, or associated with, an entity, namely the Radiological Chemical and Biological |
| Russian Ministry of Defence 27th Scientific Centre 4 other names on the list | Entity | 8 October 2024 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Russian Ministry of Defence 27th Scientific Centre is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) the Russian Ministry of Defence 27th Scientific Centre is a member of, associated with, or acting on behalf of or at the direction of an entity, namely the Radiological Chemical and Biological Defence Troops of the |
| Radiological Chemical and Biological Defence Troops of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation 6 other names on the list | Entity | 8 October 2024 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Radiological Chemical and Biological Defence Troops of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, as it is or has been being responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting, a prohibited activity related to chemical weapons. Specifically, the Radiological Chemical and Biological De |
| Igor Anatolyevich Kirillov Lieutenant General 2 other names on the list | Individual | 8 October 2024 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Igor KIRILLOV is an involved person under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) KIRILLOV is or has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting prohibited activity related to chemical weapons; (2) KIRILLOV is a member of, or associated with, an entity, namely the Radiological Chemical and Biological Defence |
| Alexei Semenovich Sedov Head of FSB 2nd Service | Individual | 20 August 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Alexei Sedov is the Head of the '2nd Service' Unit in the Federal Security of the Russian Federation (FSB). There is reasonable grounds to suspect that the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation was involved in the attempted assassination of Alexey Navalny using a toxic nerve agent. As Head of the '2nd Service' Unit, Sedov is responsible for, engaged in, provided suppor |
| Stanislav Valentinovich Makshakov Colonel Deputy Director, Criminalistics Institute, FSB. | Individual | 20 August 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Stanislav Makshakov is a deputy director in the FSB's Criminalistics Institute - Military Unit 34435. There are reasonable grounds to suspect that the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation was involved in the attempted assassination of Alexey Navalny using a toxic nerve agent. Evidence including phone records suggest that Stanislav Makshakov was the commander of the team of operat |
| Kirill Vasilyev General Director of Criminalistics Institute, FSB | Individual | 20 August 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Kirill Vasilyev is the Director of the Criminalistics Institute of the FSB - Military Unit 34435. There are reasonable grounds to suspect that the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation was involved in the attempted assassination of Alexey Navalny using a toxic nerve agent. Evidence demonstrates that the Criminalistics Institute were the unit responsible for, provided support for and i |
| Vladimir Mikhailovich Bogdanov Major General former Director of Criminalistics Institute | Individual | 20 August 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Vladimir Bogdanov is the head of the FSB's 'Special Technology Centre' (the parent entity of the FSB's Criminalistics Institute - Military Unit 34435). There are reasonable grounds to suspect that the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation was involved in the attempted assassination of Alexey Navalny using a toxic nerve agent and as head of the FSB's 'Special Te |
| Ivan Vladimirovich Osipov FSB Operative attached to Criminalistics Institute 1 other name on the list | Individual | 20 August 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | 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 weapon - a toxic nerve agent of the Novichok group |
| Vladimir Panyaev FSB Member | Individual | 20 August 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Vladimir Panyaev is a member of the FSB. Evidence including phone and travel records suggest that Vladimir Panyaev was present during 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 weapon - a toxic nerve agent of the Novichok group - was used. Vladimir Panyaev was an FSB member who was pres |
| Alexey Alexandrov FSB Operative attached to Criminalistics Institute 1 other name on the list | Individual | 20 August 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Alexey Alexandrov is an FSB operative in the Criminalistics Institute - Military Unit 34435. Evidence including phone and travel records suggest that Alexey Alexandrov 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 weapon - a toxic nerve agent of the No |
| State Scientific Research Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology (Gosniiokht) 1 other name on the list | Entity | 6 January 2021 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Federal State Unitary Enterprise State Scientific Research Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology (Gosniiokht) is a state research institute within Russia with responsibility for the destruction of chemical weapon stocks inherited from the Soviet Union. The institute in its original role, before 1994, was involved in the development and production of chemical weapons, including the tox |
| Aleksei Yurievich Krivoruchko Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation 2 other names on the list | Individual | 5 January 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Aleksei Krivoruchko is the Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. In this capacity, he has overall responsibility for armaments. This includes the overisight of the Ministry’s stocks of weapons and military equipment. This includes the oversight of the Ministry’s stocks of weapons and military equipment. The Russian Ministry of Defence took on the responsibility for |
| Pavel Anatolievich Popov Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation | Individual | 4 January 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Pavel Popov is the Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. In this capacity, he has overall responsibility for research activities. This includes the oversight and development of the Ministry’s scientific and technical capabilities, including the development of potential weapons, and modernisation of existing weapons and military equipment. The Russian Ministry of Def |
| Aleksandr Vasilievich Bortnikov Director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation 1 other name on the list | Individual | 4 January 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Alexander Bortnikov is the director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and, therefore, responsible for the activities conducted by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was the victim of an attempted assassination during his August 2020 visit to Siberia, in which a chemical weapon—a toxic nerve agent of the Novichok |
| Sergei Ivanovich Menyailo Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (formerly Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District) | Individual | 3 January 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Currently Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. Sergei Menyailo was until April 2021 the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District and, therefore, responsible for ensuring the implementation of the constitutional powers of the President, including the implementation by public authorities of domestic and foreign policy of the |
| Sergei Vladilenovich Kiriyenko First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office | Individual | 2 January 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation, Sergei Kiriyenko is responsible for domestic affairs. The Presidential Office is a state body within Russia that provides support for the President’s work, monitors the implementation of the President’s decisions, and has responsibility for governmental policy and the regime’s most important actions dome |
| Andrei Veniaminovich Yarin Chief of the Presidential Domestic Policy Directorate | Individual | 1 January 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Andrei Veniaminovich Yarin is the Chief of the Presidential Domestic Policy Directorate in the Presidential Executive Office. The Presidential Office is a state body providing support for the President’s work and monitoring the implementation of the President’s decisions and overall Governmental policies and most important action. Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was the victim of an attem |
| Alexander Yevgeniyevich Mishkin Colonel 2 other names on the list | Individual | 1 January 2021 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | GRU Officer Alexander Mishkin (a.k.a. Alexander Petrov) possessed, transported and then, during the weekend of 4 March 2018, in Salisbury, used a toxic nerve agent ('Novichok'). On 5 September 2018, the UK Crown Prosecution Service charged Alexander Petrov for conspiracy to murder Sergei Skripal; for the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal, Yulia Skripal and Nick Bailey; for the use and pos |
| Igor Olegovich Kostyukov Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU/GU) | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Igor Olegovich Kostyukov, given his senior leadership role as First Deputy Head of the GRU (a.k.a. GU) at that time, is responsible for the possession, transport and use in Salisbury during the weekend of 4 March 2018 of the toxic nerve agent 'Novichok' by officers from the GRU. |
| Anatoliy Vladimirovich Chepiga Colonel 4 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | GRU Officer Anatoliy Chepiga (a.k.a. Ruslan Boshirov) possessed, transported and then, during the weekend of 4 March 2018, in Salisbury, used a toxic nerve agent ('Novichok'). On 5 September 2018, the UK Crown Prosecution Service charged Ruslan Boshirov for conspiracy to murder Sergei Skripal; for the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal, Yulia Skripal and Nick Bailey; for the use and posses |
| Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev First Deputy Head of the GRU | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev is the First Deputy Head of the GRU (a.k.a. GU). Given his senior leadership role in the GRU, Alexseyev is responsible for the possession, transport and use in Salisbury during the weekend of 4 March 2018 of the toxic nerve agent 'Novichok' by officers from the GRU. |
| Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) 14 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) is the Syrian regime’s principal entity for the development of chemical weapons. The SSRC is responsible for the development and production of chemical weapons, as well as the missiles and artillery to deliver them, operating at a number of sites in Syria. |
| Khaled Nasri Head of Institute 1000 of the SSRC 5 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Khaled Nasri is the Director of Institute 1000, the division of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) responsible for developing and producing computer and electronic systems for Syria’s chemical weapons programme. As a result of his senior role at SSRC, he is associated with the SSRC. |
| Said Said Head of Security, Institute 3000 of the SSRC (a.k.a. Institute 6000 of the SSRC) 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Said Said is a member of Institute 3000 a.k.a Institute 6000, the division of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) that is responsible for developing and producing Syria’s chemical weapons. As a result of his role at SSRC, he is associated with the SSRC. |
| Tariq Yasmina Brigadier General Liaison officer between the SSRC and the Presidential Palace 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Brigadier General (previously Colonel) Tariq Yasmina acts as the liaison officer between the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) and the Presidential Palace, and, as such, is involved in the use and preparations for the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime. As a result of his senior role at SSRC, he is associated with the SSRC. |
| Walid Zughaib Doctor Head of Institute 2000 of the SSRC 3 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Walid Zughaib is the Director of Institute 2000, the division of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) responsible for mechanical development and production for Syria’s chemical weapons programme. As a result of his senior position within Institute 2000, he is also associated with the designated entity SSRC. |
| Firas Ahmed Head of Security Office at Institute 1000 of the SSRC 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Colonel Firas Ahmed is the Director of the Security Office of Institute 1000, the division of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) responsible for developing and producing computer and electronic systems for Syria’s chemical weapons programme. He was involved in transferring and concealing chemical weapons related materials following Syria’s accession to the Chemical Weapons Conventio |
Where this comes from
The UK Sanctions List (FCDO, GOV.UK); CSV read 4 November 2026 (saved copy). Every UK sanctions regime.