Candidates for inclusion in the “Putin’s List” at the 10th Free Russia Forum

  1. Krasovsky, Anton Vyacheslavovich is a Russian journalist, director of Russian-language broadcasting on the state television channel RT. In April 2021, he announced his desire to imprison protesters against Putin or “throw them into the Moika river” on behalf of the authorities, along the way accusing FBK and its supporters of extremism and expressing sincere support for their “imprisonment for five years.”
  2. Mashkov, Vladimir Lvovich is a Russian theater and film actor. Member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts. He was a confidant of Vladimir Putin in the elections in 2018. He was a member of the commission on amendments to the Constitution. The amendment proposed by him on the inalienability of land (the Crimean amendment) was included in the final version of the Constitution.
  3. Butina, Maria Valerievna is a Russian political activist, publicist and public figure, a journalist for the state television channel RT. Convicted in the USA.
  4. Akimova, Vera Viktorovna is a Justice of the Peace of Section 321 of the Yuzhnoye Medvedkovo District in Moscow. Judge Vera Akimova found opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty and fined him 850,000 rubles in the politically motivated case of “slandering a veteran.”
  5. Alshevskikh, Andrey Gennadievich is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the United Russia faction. He initiated and introduced a bill on amendments to the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” that outlawed “uncoordinated enlightenment activity”; On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation (in terms of clarifying the rights and obligations of subjects performing the functions of a “foreign agent”); as well as a bill prohibiting members and sponsors of organizations recognized as “extremist” from running for parliament.
  6. Afanasyeva, Yulia Andreevna is an Employee of the African Association for Free Research and International Cooperation (AFRIC). AFRIC acted as a front company for Prigozhin influence operations in Africa, including sponsoring fake election observation missions in Zimbabwe, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Mozambique. Despite posing as an African-led initiative, AFRIC serves to disseminate Kremlin-preferred messages, often linked to disinformation. Under US sanctions.
  7. Baranov, Oleg Anatolyevich is a Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow.
  8. Bychkov, Petr Alexandrovich is an Employee of AFRIC. Under US sanctions.
  9. Vaino, Anton Eduardovich is a Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.
  10. Vyatkin, Dmitry Fedorovich is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the United Russia Faction. He initiated and introduced a bill on increasing liability for violations in the preparation and holding of public events, as well as a bill on imposing fines on citizens, officials, as well as legal entities in the event of dissemination of messages and / or materials of a foreign mass media performing the functions of a “foreign agent” and not mentioning that the source was recognized as a “foreign agent.”
  11. Zatomskaya, Olga Yurievna is a Judge of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow, a participant in many high-profile administrative and criminal cases against the political opposition since 2010. On April 7, 2021, she sentenced Valery Yevsin, a protester on January 23 in support of Alexei Navalny, to two years in a general regime colony.
  12. Zueva, Maria Evgenievna is a General Director of Unidget LLC. Uniget acted as purchasing agents for Yevgeny Prigozhin’s structures. Under US sanctions.
  13. Igonin, Roman is a NTV employee, author of a number of slanderous “investigation” films against the Russian opposition.
  14. Karakeshisheva, Elena Nikolayevna is a Judge of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow. On April 9, 2021, she sentenced a 23-year-old participant in the rally in support of Navalny Pavel Grin-Romanov to three and a half years in prison.
  15. Karanda, Pavel Leonidovich is a Minister of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea, Lieutenant General of the Police. Under US sanctions.
  16. Kartapolov, Andrey Valerievich is a Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation – Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since July 30, 2018. Under EU sanctions for involvement in the downing of MH17.
  17. Kilimnik, Konstantin Viktorovich is a political consultant, former deputy director of the Russian branch of the International Republican Institute, business partner of Paul Manafort – chief of staff of Donald Trump in the 2016 elections. He also worked in Ukraine. He has been wanted in the United States since 2018 for electoral interference.
  18. Kneissl, Karin is a Former Foreign Minister of Austria; was nominated as a candidate to the board of directors of Rosneft; author of op-eds on the RT channel website.
  19. Kononenko, Maksim Vitalievich is a Russian journalist, an employee of the state television channel RT, one of the regular guests of the RT-owned YouTube channel “Beautiful Russia boo-boo-boo,” aimed at deliberately defaming the opposition to the Putin regime.
  20. Korolev, Sergey Borisovich is the First Deputy Director of the FSB of Russia. According to investigative journalists, Korolev is associated with several criminal leaders accused of contract killings and kidnapping.
  21. Krivoruchko, Alexey Yurievich is a Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation since June 13, 2018. Under US, EU and Canadian sanctions.
  22. Kulinich, Larisa Vitalievna is a Minister of Property and Land Relations of the Republic of Crimea since July 2020. Under US sanctions.
  23. Kurbanov, Rizvan Daniyalovich is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation faction. He initiated and introduced a bill on amendments to the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” that outlawed “uncoordinated enlightenment activity”; On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation (in terms of clarifying the rights and obligations of subjects performing the functions of a “foreign agent”); as well as a bill prohibiting members and sponsors of organizations recognized as “extremist” from running for parliament.
  24. Leontyev, Dmitry “Mitya” Mikhailovich is an employee of the state TV channel RT, one of the regular guests of the RT-owned YouTube channel “Beautiful Russia boo-boo-boo,” aimed at deliberately defaming the opposition to the Putin regime.
  25. Malkevich Alexander Alexandrovich is a General Director of the Saint Petersburg TV channel since January 2021. In 2019, he founded and headed the non-profit organization Foundation for the Protection of National Values. Chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber of Russia for the development of mass media and mass communications. Engaged in journalism since 1991, he was the deputy chairman of the press committee of the St. Petersburg mayor’s office. In December 2018, he came under American sanctions after being detained in Washington on suspicion of interfering in political processes in the United States.
  26. Menyailo, Sergey Ivanovich is an Acting Head of the Republic of North Ossetia, Member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. He participated in the aggression against Georgia in 2008 as the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, in the annexation of Crimea in 2014. He was included in the sanctions lists of the US (for aggression against Ukraine) and the EU (in connection with the poisoning of Navalny).
  27. Mikhaylov, Igit is a former Deputy Acting Head of Correctional Colony # 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Yaroslavl Region. Organizer of torture of prisoners.
  28. Mikhailuk, Leonid Vladimirovich is a Head of the Crimean Directorate of the FSB since November 2018, Lieutenant General. Under US sanctions.
  29. Morozova, Elena Evgenievna is a Judge of the Khimki city court. Participated in a demonstratively illegal court session, held in the 2nd department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Khimki, and arrested opposition leader Alexei Navalny for 30 days. The trial carried out in an impudent way violates the norms of the law.
  30. Nikolayev, Dmitry Alexandrovich is a Former acting head of the correctional colony # 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Yaroslavl Region. Organizer of torture of prisoners.
  31. Panova, Ksenia Konstantinovna is a Judge of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow. On March 16, 2021, ahe sentenced Timur Salikhov, a participant in the rally on January 23, to two years in a general regime colony under the article on the use of violence against a government official (part 1 of Art. 318 of the Criminal Code).
  32. Piskarev, Vasily Ivanovich is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party. He initiated and introduced a bill banning the participation of Russian citizens and legal entities in the activities of undesirable organizations outside Russia, as well as a bill prohibiting members and sponsors of organizations recognized as “extremist” from running for parliament.
  33. Plugin, Roman Yurievich is a Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg.
  34. Popov, Pavel Anatolyevich is a Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation since November 7, 2013. Under US, EU and Canadian sanctions.
  35. Popova, Anastasia is a Russian state TV channel correspondent who shot a slanderous story about “Alexei Navalny’s villa in Germany” and received the Golden Pen of Russia award after filming a propaganda story.
  36. Pribyshin, Taras Kirillovich is an Employee of AFRIC. Under US sanctions.
  37. Pridybailo, Konstantin Viktorovich is an employee of the state TV channel RT, one of the hosts of the RT-owned YouTube channel “Beautiful Russia boo-boo-boo”, aimed at deliberately defaming the opposition to the Putin regime.
  38. Repnikova, Natalia Vladimirovna is a Judge of the Simonovsky District Court of Moscow. Judge Natalya Repnikova granted the petition to replace Alexey Navalny’s suspended sentence with a prison one and sentenced him to 3.5 years in prison.
  39. Ryzhenkin, Leonid Kronidovich – Since December 2020, he has been the head of PJSC Mostotrest. Since 2015, he has managed infrastructure projects at Stroygazmontazh JSC, which participated in the construction of the Crimean Bridge. Under US sanctions.
  40. Ryabtseva, Olesya Aleksandrovna is an employee of the state television channel RT, one of the hosts of the RT-owned YouTube channel “Beautiful Russia boo-boo-boo,” aimed at deliberately defaming the opposition to the Putin regime.
  41. Savelyev, Dmitry Ivanovich is a Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the LDPR faction. He initiated and introduced a bill on amendments to the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” that outlawed “uncoordinated enlightenment activity”; On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation (in terms of clarifying the rights and obligations of subjects performing the functions of a “foreign agent”); as well as a bill prohibiting members and sponsors of organizations recognized as “extremist” from running for parliament.
  42. Serukanov, Vitaly Andreevich is an employee of the state TV channel RT, one of the hosts of the RT-owned YouTube channel “Beautiful Russia boo-boo-boo”, aimed at deliberately defaming the opposition to the Putin regime.
  43. Stepanov, Artem Nikolaevich is a Deputy General Director of Unidget LLC. Uniget acted as purchasing agents for Yevgeny Prigozhin’s structures. Under US sanctions.
  44. Terentyev, Vladimir Nikolaevich is a Head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. Under US sanctions.
  45. Tyurin, Denis Valerievich is a General Director of the Information Agency “Inforos”, Director of the Business Club of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, presumably an employee of the GRU. Under US sanctions for creating and disseminating disinformation.
  46. Urlekov, Nikolay Viktorovich is a Judge of the Leninsky District Court of the city of Vladimir. On March 5, 2021, he sentenced Vitaly Timofeenko, a participant in the rally in support of Navalny on January 23, a resident of the city of Raduzhny, Vladimir Region, to three years in prison.
  47. Frolova, Ekaterina Sergeevna is a Prosecutor of the Criminal and Judicial Department of the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office. She was the state prosecutor during the trial against Alexei Navalny in a politically motivated criminal case of libel, as well as during the trial to change the punishment in the Yves Rocher case.
  48. Chepa, Aleksey Vasilyevich is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Deputy Head of the Just Russia Party Faction. Initiated and introduced a draft law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation (in terms of clarifying the rights and obligations of entities performing the functions of a foreign agent); as well as a bill prohibiting members and sponsors of organizations recognized as “extremist” from running for parliament.
  49. Shiboldina, Inna is a Judge of section 276, Moscow. She passed a verdict to Lyubov Sobol in the politically motivated “Apartment case.”
  50. Shkhagoshev, Adalbi Lyulevich is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the United Russia Faction. He initiated and introduced a bill on amendments to the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” that outlawed “uncoordinated enlightenment activity”; On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation (in terms of clarifying the rights and obligations of subjects performing the functions of a “foreign agent”); as well as a bill prohibiting members and sponsors of organizations recognized as “extremist” from running for parliament.
  51. Shcherbakov, Kirill Konstantinovich – Co-owner of Unidget LLC. Uniget acted as purchasing agents for Yevgeny Prigozhin’s structures. Under US sanctions.
  52. Yakovlev, Stanislav Vladimirovich is a Russian journalist, an employee of the state television channel RT, one of the regular guests of the RT-owned YouTube channel “Beautiful Russia boo-boo-boo,” aimed at deliberately defaming the opposition to the Putin regime.
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