Vadim Alekseevich SUBBOTIN

Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)

(Date of UN designation: 2023-02-25)

Vadim Subotin is the deputy head of Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor). Roskomnadzor is a Russian state agency responsible for communications, information technology and mass media. It has implemented the state policy of censorship of independent media outlets. As the deputy head of Roskomnadzor, Vadim Subotin oversees the department of Licensing, Control and Supervision in the Sphere of Mass Communications and the Department of Control and Supervision in the Field of Electronic Communications. In this capacity he is responsible for decisions that have led to a limitation of the access to information to the Russian society and the closure of independent Russian media outlets. Those actions create censorship that promotes, aids and condones the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, Vadim Subotin is responsible for supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Function: Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)

Associated entities: Roskomnadzor

Associated individuals: Andrei Yurievich Lipov

Associated individual: Andrey Yurievich Lipov Associated entity: Roskomnadzor

Associated individual: Andrey Yurievich Lipov Associated entity: Roskomnadzor

Personnes associées: Andrei Yurievich Lipov. Entités associées: Roskomnadzor. Vadim Subotin est chef adjoint du Service fédéral russe de supervision des communications, des technologies de l’information et des médias de masse (Roskomnadzor). Roskomnadzor est une agence étatique russe responsable des communications, des technologies de l’information et des médias de masse. Elle a mis en œuvre la politique étatique de censure à l’égard des médias indépendants. En tant que chef adjoint de Roskomnadzor, Vadim Subotin supervise le département chargé de l’octroi de licences, du contrôle et de la surveillance dans le domaine des communications de masse et le département chargé du contrôle et de la supervision dans le domaine des communications électroniques. À ce titre, il est responsable des décisions qui ont conduit à une limitation de l’accès à l’information de la société russe et à la fermeture de médias russes indépendants. Ces actions installent une censure qui promeut, soutient et cautionne la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie contre l’Ukraine. Vadim Subotin est donc responsable de soutenir et de mettre en œuvre des actions et des politiques qui compromettent et menacent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine

Personnes associées: Andrei Yurievich Lipov. Entités associées: Roskomnadzor.

Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)

Deputy Head of Roskomnadzor. By virtue of his official responsibilities, Vadim Subbotin oversees the Department of Licensing, Control, and Supervision in the Field of Mass Communications. This department enforces censorship in the media, monitors content produced by political opponents of the regime designated as “foreign agents”, and pursues alleged “violations” through the imposition of substantial fines, criminal prosecution, and the revocation of media licenses. Subbotin is responsible for monitoring and making decisions on the blocking of foreign media within Russia. He supervises interactions with internet service providers, telecommunications operators, and other entities regarding restrictions on access to information, as well as the maintenance of the registry of resources subject to access limitations. As the official overseeing the Department of Control and Supervision in the Field of Electronic Communications, Vadim Subbotin is responsible for maintaining the registry of organizers of information dissemination. Inclusion in this registry imposes an obligation to store all user data, enabling the state to access such information at any time, identify users, and determine the content of their communications and their interlocutors. Subbotin also oversees cooperation with the General Prosecutor’s Office on extrajudicial blocking, as well as coordination with other state bodies for the purpose of implementing censorship. Vadim Subbotin publicly supports state-imposed censorship and its automation, including bans on the dissemination of information for political reasons. He has also spoken favorably about measures aimed at impeding the operation of foreign online services that fail to comply with Russian restrictions, citing the blocking of Twitter (now X) as an example. In state-controlled media, Subbotin regularly reports on the blocking of thousands of online resources by Roskomnadzor, including actions taken to suppress the free dissemination of information about Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation. Manages a state body of the Russian Federation, which supports or implements actions or policies that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.