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Valery Vasilevich Gerasimov

Military · Person of interest · Political · Sanctioned entity

Valery Vasilevich Gerasimov is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	GERASIMOV Valery Vasilyevich · GERASIMOV, Valery · Gerasimov Valery Vasilevich · Gerasimov Valery Vasilievich · Herasymov Valerii Vasylovych · 32 more...				[sources]
Other name	GERASIMOV VALERII · Gen Gerasimov · Gen. Gerasimov · General Gerasimov · Gerasimov · 26 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1955-09-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Kazan · Kazan, RUSSIAN FEDERATION · Kazan, Russia · Kazan, Russian Federation · Kazan, Tartarstan Republic · 6 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Country of birth	Russia				[sources]
First name	Valerij · Valery · Valery Vasilevich · Валерий				[sources]
Keywords	National government · Вище військове керівництво рф · Фізичні особи під санкціями ЄС				[sources]
Last name	GERASIMOV · Gerasimov · ГЕРАСИМОВ · Герасимов				[sources]
Patronymic	Vasilevich · Vasilyevich · Васильевич				[sources]
Second name	Vasilevich				[sources]
Title	General				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q36073				[sources]
Position	Chef d’état-major des forces armées de la Fédération de Russie · Chief of the General Staff (2012-) · Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, General of the Army. · Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. · Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Defence Minister of the Russian Federation · 12 more...				[sources]
Education	94th gymnasium · Kazan Higher Military Command School · Military Academy of Armored Forces · Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia · Qazan Suvorov military school				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctions.nazk.gov.ua · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Created at	2014-05-02				[sources]
Modified on	2024-04-06				[sources]
Last changed	2024-04-10	Last checked	2024-04-25	First seen	2022-07-15

Descriptions

General; Previously listed under 'Ukraine criteria' - Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Ukraine) Amendment List 2014 [F2014L01184]; New listing start date 27 Aug 2023

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-08-26

none

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, General of the Army. Responsible for the massive deployment of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine and Russia’s military attack against Ukraine in February 2022.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-12-21

none

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2023-04-20

none

— EU Consolidated Travel Bans, 2023-04-20

Chef d’état-major des forces armées de la Fédération de Russie, premier vice-ministre de la défense de la Fédération de Russie, général de l’armée. Responsable du déploiement massif de troupes russes le long de la frontière de l’Ukraine, ainsi que de l’attaque militaire russe contre l’Ukraine en février 2022.

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

General of the Russian Army.

— New Zealand Russia Sanctions, 2024-03-21

Head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - First Deputy Minister of Defense 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. Since January 11, 2023, concurrently with the position of Chief of the General Staff of Russia, he holds the position of Commander of the joint grouping of Russian invasion forces in Ukraine.

— ACF List of bribetakers and warmongers non-official source, 2023-05-09

As a member of the Security Council, which provides advice on and coordinates national security affairs, he was involved in shaping the policy of the Russian government, which threatens the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

— ACF List of bribetakers and warmongers non-official source, 2023-11-03

chief of the General Staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chief of the General Staff	2012-11-09	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
National Security and Defense Council	637/2022	2022-09-07	-
Ministry of Finance	資産凍結等の措置の対象となるロシア連邦の団体及び個人（個人）	2022-03-01	-
Global Affairs Canada	Russia / Russie	-	-
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	2014-05-02	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Russia	2020	-
Federal Public Service Finance	UKR	2023-03-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	637/2022	2022-09-07	2032-09-07
National Security and Defense Council	176/2018	2018-06-21	-
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	126/2018	2018-05-14	-
National Security and Defense Council	467/2016	2016-10-17	2017-10-17
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	2018-05-15
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)	Autonomous (Russia)	2023-08-27	-
European External Action Service	UKR	2023-03-15	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	-
National Agency on Corruption Prevention	-	2022-09-07	-
National Security and Defense Council	549/2015	2015-09-16	2016-09-16
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Russia Sanctions Act 2022	2022-03-18	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 2015/1514 du 14/09/2015 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2016/1661 du 15/09/2016 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2020/398 du 13/03/2020 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2023/571 du 13/03/2023 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · 1 more...	-	-

Data sources

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,315

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

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,063

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law.

Australia · Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,221

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,240

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA.

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

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

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,116

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · National Security and Defense Council

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

French Freezing of Assets6,267

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

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)

Ukraine NABC Sanctions Tracker39,904

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

Ukraine · National Agency on Corruption Prevention

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,618

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration

Wikidata Entities of Interest3,928

Persons of interest profiles from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

New Zealand Russia Sanctions1,657

The New Zealand government's list of people and companies sanctioned in relation to the Russian attack on Ukraine.

New Zealand · Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people3,485

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · Ministry of Finance

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List28,418

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,054

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

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,891

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

External databases

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

Wikidata224,808

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

Source data IDs: ja-mof-8c3013852b7f09542704d0601516bd6e37f0bd00 · ua-nazk-person-795 · eu-tb-logical-7328 · ua-nabc-person-795-gerasimov-valery-vasilyevich · ca-sema-russia-1-42 · acf-ab8e78103a40338cbf3bcb8fc49007c76044042c · ua-nsdc-10547-gerasimov-valerij-vasilovic · eu-fsf-eu-3530-22 · gb-hmt-12958 · au-dfat-2959-valery-vasilevich-gerasimov · fr-ga-3413 · nz-ru-ind-407 · ofac-35176 · au-dfat-7658-valery-vasilevich-gerasimov · nz-ru-ind-407-valery-gerasimov · ua-nsdc-person-176-2018-1972 · NK-bNA8Hy8GdDuhfCnJhNxmP2 · ca-sema-1-42-ru-valery-vasilevich-gerasimov · ch-seco-27578 · acf-d3b0cb0386e439dac6d9691aa0da5e1c83fdc12b

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