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Igor Shestakov

Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

Igor Shestakov is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Igor Leonidovitsj Sjestakov · Igor Leonidowitsch Schestakow · Igor Shestakov · Shestakov Igor · Shestakov Igor Leonidovich · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Igor Leonidovich Shestakov · Igor Schestakow · Shestakov Ihor Leonidovych · Игорь Леонидович Шестаков · Игорь Шестаков · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1962-01-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Lviv				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
First name	Igor · ИГОРЬ				[sources]
INN	`770502689170`				[sources]
Last name	Shestakov · ШЕСТАКОВ				[sources]
Patronymic	ЛЕОНИДОВИЧ				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4523298				[sources]
Position	Propagandists · Пропагандисты				[sources]
Education	MSU Faculty of Journalism				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-31	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-02-15

Russian propagandist: Chief producer of Russia 1 TV channel. Deputy General Director of VGTRK.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2025-07-31

General Director, JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "MOSCOW MEDIA". Involved in Russian propaganda of the war against Ukraine.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-05-09

Russisch televisiepresentator

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-03-25

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ukraine	National Security and Defense Council		2023-01-15	2033-01-15

Directorships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Акціонерне товариство "Москва Медіа" Sanctioned entity	ГЕНЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ДИРЕКТОР	2011-03-05	-

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

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

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

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

External dataset · Russia · FNS

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

Source data IDs: ru-inn-770502689170 · acf-ce4e3729a7415547ff2aab4916425ac0a74d367f · ua-nsdc-20299-sestakov-igor-leonidovic

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