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Maria Vladimirovna ZAKHAROVA

Person of interest · Diplomat · Politican · Sanctioned entity

Maria Vladimirovna ZAKHAROVA is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Maria Vladimirovna ZAKHAROVA · Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova · Maria Zacharova · Maria Zacharowa · Maria Zahharova · 35 more...				[sources]
Other name	Maria Vladimirovna Zacharova · Maria Vladimirovna Zahharova · Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova · Maria Zacharova · Mariia Vladimirovna Zakharova · 16 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1975-12-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Moscou · Moscow · Moscow Russia · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR · Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION · 5 more...				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Country of birth	Russia				[sources]
First name	Maria · Maria Vladimirovna · Mariia · Marija · Mariya · 2 more...				[sources]
Keywords	National government · Фізичні особи під санкціями ЄС · Члени Уряду рф та члени їх сімей				[sources]
Last name	ZAKHAROVA · Zacharova · Zakarova · Zakharova · ЗАХА́РОВА · 2 more...				[sources]
Patronymic	Vladimirovna · Владимировна				[sources]
Second name	Vladimirovna				[sources]
Website	mariya-zaharova.ru				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20812953				[sources]
Position	Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. · Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Affairs of the Russian Federation · Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation · Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2015-) · Propagandists · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Historical Sciences (2003) · Moscow State Institute of International Relations (-1998)				[sources]
Religion	Eastern Orthodox Church				[sources]
Address	Ministry of Foreign Affairs				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctions.nazk.gov.ua · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Created at	2022-02-25				[sources]
Modified on	2024-04-19				[sources]
Last changed	2024-05-09	Last checked	2024-05-20	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Maria Zakharova is the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. As a central figure of the government propaganda, she promoted the deployment of Russian forces in Ukraine.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Therefore, she supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Function: Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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

Maria Zakharova est directrice du département de l'information et de la presse du ministère des affaires étrangères de la Fédération de Russie. En tant que figure centrale de la propagande gouvernementale, elle a fait la promotion du déploiement de forces russes en Ukraine.Elle a donc soutenu des actions et des politiques compromettant l'intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l'indépendance de l'Ukraine.

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

— New Zealand Russia Sanctions, 2024-03-21

Russian propagandist: Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

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

Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

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

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson since 2015

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-20

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Andrei Makarov	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation	2015-08-10	-
extraordinary and plenipotentary ambassador for the Soviet Union and Russia	2017-12-26	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
European External Action Service	UKR	2022-09-16	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Russia	2022	-
Global Affairs Canada	Russia / Russie	-	-
National Agency on Corruption Prevention	-	2022-10-19	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) · UK	The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2022-03-15	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 2022/1529 du 14/09/2022 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2022/260 du 23/02/2022 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014)	-	-
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）	2022-03-18	-
Federal Public Service Finance	UKR	2022-09-16	-
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Russia Sanctions Act 2022	2022-03-18	-
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	2022-02-25	-
National Security and Defense Council	726/2022	2022-10-19	2032-10-19
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)	Autonomous (Russia)	2022-03-08	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-

Data sources

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,080

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)

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

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,586

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

Wikidata · non-official source

ACF List of bribetakers and warmongers7,942

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 NABC Sanctions Tracker39,896

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)18,945

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

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

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,249

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,427

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

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

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,321

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

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,923

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,003

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)

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List29,146

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

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,115

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · National Security and Defense Council

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people3,483

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

Japan · Ministry of Finance

New Zealand Russia Sanctions1,699

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

External databases

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

Wikidata225,481

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: ca-sema-1-839-ru-maria-vladimirovna-zakharova · eu-tb-logical-135301 · acf-f940c5144885c2a56d4c1e95abd0ebdc24106698 · gb-fcdo-rus0703 · acf-26794632135286a1e650d8431d162a85b52565f8 · ua-nazk-person-427 · acf-fa353d3471c0d0d11149f243f1f389eb1b38bcc0 · ja-mof-05bbedf4e1accd07a587913ed2cdbcd69932dd99 · nz-ru-ind-83-maria-zakharova · nz-ru-ind-83 · ua-nabc-person-427-zakharova-maria-vladimirovna · ofac-37509 · NK-Yd7ARHmAdoNF89arS79ZV8 · acf-c98f9ab05535c06ea9dcbb72ae48debb1ae7c4c5 · ua-nsdc-17576-zaharova-maria-volodimirivna · gb-hmt-14654 · au-dfat-6724-maria-vladimirovna-zakharova · ch-seco-48002 · eu-fsf-eu-7387-65 · fr-ga-3833

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