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Balanova Svetlana Evgenievna

Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

Balanova Svetlana Evgenievna is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	BALANOVA Svetlana Evgenievna · Balanova Svetlana Evgenievna · Balanova Svitlana Yevhenivna · Svetlana Evgenievna BALANOVA · БАЛАНОВА Светлана Евгеньевна · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	BALANOVA Svetlana Evgenievna · Balanova Svetlana · БАЛАНОВА Светлана Евгеньевна · Баланова Светлана Евгеньевна · Баланова Світлана Євгенівна				[sources]
Birth date	1970-10-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Moscou, ex-URSS (aujourd’hui Fédération de Russie) · Moscow · Moscow, RF · Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION · Moskau, Russian Federation · 2 more...				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Russia				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Country of birth	Russia				[sources]
First name	Svetlana · Svetlana Evgenievna · СВЕТЛАНА · Светлана				[sources]
INN	`772812966934`				[sources]
Keywords	Керівництво медіа-компаній				[sources]
Last name	BALANOVA · Balanova · БАЛАНОВА				[sources]
Patronymic	Evgenievna · ЕВГЕНЬЕВНА · Евгеньевна				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q116224000				[sources]
Position	General Director of JSC "NATIONAL MEDIA GROUP". Head of the Public Council under Roskomnadzor · Propagandists · head of National Media Group (NMG) (Russia) – a media holding, which is the founder of 28 media enterprises in Russia, including Channel One, Channel 5, REN TV and STS, 78.ru, the national newspaper Izvestia, Delovoy Peterburg and others, head of the Public Council under Roskomnadzor · Генеральний директор АТ "НАЦІОНАЛЬНА МЕДІА ГРУПА". Голова Громадської ради при Роскомнагляді · Генеральный директор АО "НАЦИОНАЛЬНАЯ МЕДИА ГРУППА". Глава Общественного совета при Роскомнадзоре · 1 more...				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctions.nazk.gov.ua				[sources]
Created at	2022-10-13				[sources]
Modified on	2023-01-16				[sources]
Last changed	2024-03-19	Last checked	2024-04-18	First seen	2022-01-01

Descriptions

Svetlana Balanova is also the head of the Public Council under Roskomnadzor. In this position she is responsible for strengthening the fight against ‘extremist and illegal content’ online. She is therefore supporting actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Svetlana Balanova is the head of National Media Group (NMG) – a media holding – which is the founder of 28 media enterprises in Russia, including Channel One, Channel 5, REN TV and STS, 78.ru, the national newspaper Izvestia, Delovoy Peterburg and others. She was included in the list of ‘1500 warmongers’ compiled by the Free Russia Forum. Media controlled by NMG is actively spreading propaganda and disinformation related to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Svetlana Balanova est à la tête du National Media Group (NMG), un groupe médiatique, fondateur de 28 entreprises de médias en Russie, dont Channel One, Channel 5, REN TV et STS, 78.ru, le journal national Izvestia, Delovoy Peterburg et d’autres. Elle a été inscrite sur la liste des "1500 fauteurs de guerre" établie par le Forum pour une Russie libre (Free Russia Forum). Les médias contrôlés par NMG diffusent activement de la propagande et de la désinformation liées à la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie contre l’Ukraine. Svetlana Balanova est également à la tête du Conseil public relevant du Roskomnadzor. En cette qualité, elle est responsable du renforcement de la lutte contre les "contenus extrémistes et illégaux" en ligne. Elle soutient donc des actions ou des politiques qui compromettent ou menacent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Russian propagandist: CEO of National Media Group

— ACF List of bribetakers and warmongers non-official source, 2023-02-15

Relationships

Directorships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
National Media Group	ГЕНЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ДИРЕКТОР	2021-02-15	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
National Security and Defense Council	23/2023	2023-01-15	2033-01-15
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
National Agency on Corruption Prevention	-	2023-01-15	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	UKR	2022-12-16	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 2022/2476 du 16/12/2022 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014)	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine (RS 946.231.176.72), annexes 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15 and 25	2022-12-21	-
European External Action Service	UKR	2022-12-16	-

Data sources

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,313

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council.

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

French Freezing of Assets6,261

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,116

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · National Security and Defense Council

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,048

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · European External Action Service

ACF List of bribetakers and warmongers7,944

A list of key Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption investigative organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) · non-official source

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

Ukraine NABC Sanctions Tracker39,906

A list of suggested Russia-related sanctions targets composed by the Ukrainian anti-corruption agency.

Ukraine · National Agency on Corruption Prevention

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,011

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes.

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata224,933

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines.

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL)136,146

Companies database of the Russian Federation as maintained and published by the Federal Tax Service.

External dataset · Russia · Федеральная Налоговая Служба

Source data IDs: ua-nsdc-20116-balanova-svitlana-evgenivna · fr-ga-5269 · ru-inn-772812966934 · NK-UzH9ZgNdDWc5XaCx9oepYK · ua-nazk-person-8592 · NK-g9QLMa88RgrTrLqxLezKgJ · eu-fsf-eu-9257-28 · ua-nabc-person-8592-balanova-svetlana-evgenievna · acf-ecaf25c07e3a811841319808e72add1b1d118160 · eu-tb-logical-146672 · ch-seco-58456 · acf-156c2753b44d96c1fa34e92e100fdb4843f30110

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