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Vasily Anisimov

Person of interest · Oligarch · Sanctioned entity

Vasily Anisimov is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Anisimov Vasilii · Anisimov Vasily Vasilievich · Vasilij Anisimov · Vasiliy Vasilevitsj Anisimov · Vasily Anisimov · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Anisimov Vasily Vasilievich · Anisimov Vasyl Vasylovych · Vasilij Vasiljevitj Anisimov · Vasily Vasilyevich Anisimov · Vassili Vassilievitch Anissimov · 5 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1951-09-18 · 1951-09-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Almaty · Almaty, Kazakhstan				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Citizenship	Dominica · Croatia · Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
First name	Vasily · Vasily Vasilyevich · ВАСИЛИЙ				[sources]
INN	`771000146460`				[sources]
Last name	ANISIMOV · Anisimov · АНИСИМОВ				[sources]
Patronymic	ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ				[sources]
Tax Number	`771000146460`				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4066322				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Russian billionaire, owner of Coalco International, No. 54 in Forbes Russia				[sources]
Education	Narxoz University				[sources]
Source link	prod-upp-image-read.ft.com · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua				[sources]
Last change	2026-05-11	Last processed	2026-05-20	First seen	2022-01-01

Descriptions

Russian oligarch. In 2023, he was placed 72nd in the Forbes ranking, with a fortune of 1.6 billion USD. He renounced his Russian citizenship and is now a citizen of Croatia and Dominica. He is a trusted by Vladimir Putin, as evidenced by public investigations showing he was given the right to produce vodka under the name Vladimir Putin (Putinka). The proceeds from these sales were used to finance individuals close to the authorities, including Vladimir Putin's mistress Alina Kabaeva. His continued influence is indicated by Vladimir Putin's decision to award Vasily Anisimov a state award in October 2022, after he renounced his Russian citizenship in September 2022. Vasily Anisimov's foreign assets may be used to finance individuals close to Vladimir Putin and to promote Russian interests.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2024-10-08

He is a Russian oligarch. In 2023, he ranked 72nd on Forbes' list of "110 Billionaires of Russia," with a fortune of 1.6 billion USD. He renounced his Russian citizenship and is now a citizen of Croatia and Dominica. He is trusted by Vladimir Putin, as shown by public investigations revealing that he was granted the rights to produce vodka under the name of Vladimir Putin (Putinka). The proceeds from these sales were used to fund individuals close to the authorities, including Putin's mistress Alina Kabaeva. His ongoing influence is evident from Putin's decision to award Vasily Anisimov a state honor in October 2022, even after Anisimov renounced his Russian citizenship in September 2022. Anisimov's foreign assets may be used to finance individuals close to Putin and to further Russian interests.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2024-10-08

Mentioned in 2018 CAATSA report on Russian oligarchs

— Russian Oligarch/Billionaires Database non-official source, 2024-04-14

Russian businessman

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ukraine	ГУР МО України		-	-

Directorships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
ОБЩЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ОБЩЕСТВЕННАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ "ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ ДЗЮДО РОССИИ"	Президент	2010-03-10	2022-10-23

Data sources

ACF List of War Enablers8,535

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

Russia · ACF · non-official source

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,438

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Ukraine War and Sanctions15,922

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions22,689

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Forbes 2021 List of Russian Billionaires100

Based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2021.

Russia · Wikipedia · non-official source

Russian Oligarch/Billionaires Database166

A list of billionaires and oligarchs from CIS countries, most notably the Russian Federation.

OpenSanctions · non-official source

External databases

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

Wikidata343,869

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

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities260,574

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

External dataset · Russia · FNS

Source data IDs: ua-nsdc-19763-anisimov-vasil-vasilovic · ua-ws-person-1917 · acf-f06f7732357a50f5fce90cd5759898118557bae0 · ru-inn-771000146460 · ca-sema-news-367821ccaf5eb89725f2298b9c06f36b1f431862 · ca-sema-d02526b0cc64cdffda6bd41a7e25b88ff0b49826

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