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Denis Sergeevich KURASHOV

Person of interest · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Denis Sergeevich KURASHOV is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Denis Sergeevich KURASHOV · Denis Sergejevitj KURASJOV · Denis Sergejevič Kurašov · Denis Sergeyevich KURASHOV · Denys (Denis) KURASHOV · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	Kurashov Denis · Денис Курашов · Денис Сергеевич КУРАШОВ · Денис Сергеевич Курашов · КУРАШОВ Денис Сергеевич · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1978-01-01 · 1978-05-31 · 1978-07-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Russia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Russia				[sources]
Country	Ukraine · Donetsk (Occupied Ukraine)				[sources]
Country of birth	Russia				[sources]
First name	Denis · Denis Sergeevich · Denis Sergeyevich · Денис				[sources]
Last name	KURASHOV · KURASJOV · Kurashov · Kurašov · КУРАШОВ				[sources]
Middle name	Sergeevich · Sergejevitj · Sergejevič · Сергеевич				[sources]
Patronymic	Sergeevich · Сергеевич				[sources]
Second name	Sergeevich				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q119789100				[sources]
Position	Deputy Minister of Communications of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic · Minister of Communications of the Donetsk People's Republic (2023-) · Minister of Communications of the so-called "People’s Republic of Donetsk" since May 2023, former Deputy Minister of Communications · Self-proclaimed “Deputy Minister of Communications of the People’s Republic of Donetsk” · 「ドネツク人民共和国通信省次官」（自称）				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-14	Last processed	2024-10-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Denis Sergeevich Kurashov served as Deputy Minister, and since May 2023 as Minister of Communications of the so-called “People’s Republic of Donetsk” (DPR). As part of the so-called government of the illegally annexed Oblast of Donetsk, he is involved in separatist activities and responsible for the organisation of a referendum for Donetsk to become a part of Russia. Therefore, he is responsible for, supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-11-02

Denis Sergeevich Kurashov a exercé la fonction de vice-ministre et, depuis mai 2023, il est ministre des communications de la soi-disant “République populaire de Donetsk” (RPD). En tant que membre du soi-disant gouvernement de l’oblast de Donetsk illégalement annexé, il participe à des activités séparatistes et est responsable de l’organisation d’un référendum visant à ce que Donetsk fasse partie de la Russie. Il est donc responsable de soutenir et de mettre en œuvre des actions et des politiques qui compromettent ou menacent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-09-15

So-called Deputy Minister of Communications of the Donetsk People's Republic

— New Zealand Russia Sanctions, 2024-03-21

Minister of Communications of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Assisted Russian aggression against Ukraine and the occupation of part of Ukrainian territory.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-09-15

бандит из Донецка

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-04-08

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Communications of the Donetsk People's Republic	2023-05-11	-
Minister of Communications of the Donetsk People's Republic	2023-05-11	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	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, 14a, 15, 15a, 15b, 25 and 33	2022-12-21	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2022/2476 du 16/12/2022 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2023/1765 du 13/09/2023 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014)	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	UKR	2023-09-15	-
Ministry of Finance	クリミア自治共和国及びセヴァストーポリ特別市のロシア連邦への「併合」又はウクライナ東部の不安定化に直接関与していると判断される者並びにロシア連邦による「編入」と称する行為に直接関与していると判断されるウクライナの東部・南部地域の関係者と判断される者（個人）	2023-02-28	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
National Security and Defense Council	191/2023	2023-04-01	2033-04-01
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Russia Sanctions Act 2022	2022-10-12	-
Global Affairs Canada	Ukraine	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Russia	2022-09-26	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2022-09-26	-
Federal Public Service Finance	UKR	2023-09-15	-

Data sources

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,554

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

ACF List of War Enablers7,940

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

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,421

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons247,660

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

Wikidata · non-official source

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,142

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

New Zealand Russia Sanctions1,725

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

New Zealand · MFAT

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,604

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,636

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories423,969

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,356

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

French National Asset Freezing System5,108

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 · DGT

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,415

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,599

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

Japan · MoF

External databases

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

Wikidata375,752

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: gb-fcdo-rus1623 · eu-tb-logical-146214 · NK-BfzGCNvRBms6FkRePoSCDT · ua-nsdc-22318-kurasov-denis-sergijovic · ca-sema-ccaaaafad7d8ab95f16efcddc6f9c8feb712189b · fr-ga-5149 · ch-seco-57814 · rupep-person-21710 · ua-nabc-person-22178-kurashov-denis-sergeevich · ua-nazk-person-22178 · gb-hmt-15567 · NK-H7qHwUzFgxzESDzbtMinTQ · nz-ru-ind-824 · ja-mof-ecf06fb589e530fbef0d4318750a2247d448f809 · mc-freezes-3ce545448c7daa6e1205a00fdd6696c2128ec5f4 · acf-52d4c1e65fd052c1517715e149b9fb583c5b2b83 · nz-ru-ind-813-denis-kurashov · NK-V66LXhMM9HTYDKa9TTz4Ai · ca-sema-1-449-ua-denis-sergeyevich-kurashov · eu-fsf-eu-9154-22

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