Shelobkov Alexey Anatolyevich

CEO of IKS Holding LLC and Yadro Group of Companies LLC, which manufacture technical equipment for filtering internet traffic — a key element enabling state control over the Russian internet segment. Alexey Shelobkov also serves as General Director of Bureau 1440 LLC, which is engaged in developing a Russian low-Earth orbit satellite system for high-speed broadband data transmission. IKS Holding LLC is the parent company of the Yadro brand. It heads a group of companies that manufacture hardware for filtering internet traffic, used in the implementation of the Federal Law on the Sovereign Russian Internet [Runet]. Company employees participated in the pilot project for deploying internet traffic filtering in Russia. IKS Holding LLC has extensive experience cooperating with the state on issues related to control over the Russian internet segment and was one of the primary beneficiaries of the installation of control systems under the Yarovaya law [3]. Due to its involvement in developing the System for Operative Investigative Activities (SORM), which enables surveillance of citizens on the internet, the company is subject to US sanctions. According to journalistic investigations, the company is linked to Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov. The company leads an extensive holding specialized in providing technical support for internet censorship and Russian state control over the national segment of the global network. Yadro Group of Companies LLC is a holding company within IKS Holding that consolidates assets involved in manufacturing hardware for filtering internet traffic under the Yadro brand. This technical equipment is used in the implementation of the Federal Law on the Sovereign Russian Internet [Runet] [1]. The company is a major systems integrator that plays a leading role in producing servers intended for internet traffic filtering and in deploying traffic analysis systems (TSPU) capable of throttling foreign platforms. It is a key supplier of deep packet inspection (DPI) equipment that enables the identification and blocking of traffic characteristic of VPNs. According to journalistic investigations, the company is linked to Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov. The company leads an extensive holding group specializing in the technical infrastructure of internet censorship and Russian state control over the national segment of the global network.