UK announces largest sanctions package against Russia since 2022

24th February 2025

Three years on from President Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UK has today imposed over 100 new sanctions directly targeting those who continue to aid the invasion.

107 new sanctions announced as UK unleashes our largest sanctions package since the early days of the invasion.

Milestone package targets Russian military supply chains, revenues fuelling Putin's illegal war, and Kleptocrats driving profits for the Kremlin.

Strengthening Ukraine's hand will help to build a secure and prosperous Europe and UK - a foundation of the government's Plan for Change.

Today’s measures will target funds going into Putin’s war chest and propping up Russia’s kleptocratic system.

As the Prime Minister said last week, we are facing a once in a generation moment for the collective security of our continent. The UK is working with our Allies to put Ukraine in the best position to achieve peace through strength. Today’s action is a further step towards this.

The sanctions will also target Russia’s military machine, entities in third countries who support it and the fragile supply networks that it relies on.

Targets include:

Producers and suppliers of machine tools, electronics and dual-use goods for Russia’s military, including microprocessors used in weapons systems. These are based in a range of third countries including Central Asian states, Turkey, Thailand, India and China, which is the largest supplier of critical goods for Russia’s military.

North Korean Defence Minister No Kwang Chol and other North Korean generals and senior officials complicit in deploying over 11,000 DPRK forces to Russia. Putin is using DPRK forces as cannon fodder; DPRK has suffered over 4,000 casualties.

13 Russian targets, including LLC Grant-Trade, its owner Marat Mustafaev and his sister Dinara Mustafaeva, who have used the company to funnel advanced European technology into Russia to support its illegal war.

For the first time, we are also using new powers to target foreign financial institutions supporting Russia’s war machine. We are sanctioning the Kyrgyzstan-based OJSC Keremet Bank, disrupting Russia’s use of the international financial system to support its war efforts.

Foreign Secretary, David Lammy said:

Today’s action, the largest in almost three years, underscores the UK’s commitment to Ukraine.

Every military supply line disrupted, every rouble blocked, and every enabler of Putin’s aggression exposed is a step towards a just and lasting peace, and towards security and prosperity in the UK as a part of this government’s Plan for Change.

Lasting peace will only be achieved through strength. That is why we are focused on putting Ukraine in the strongest possible position.

As the world marks the grim milestone of Putin’s full-scale invasion entering its fourth year, we cannot and will not turn our backs on Ukraine in their fight for our shared security.

Keeping the country safe is the Government’s first priority and an integral part of the Prime Minister’s Plan for Change. Sanctions against Russia’s military machine and the revenues fuelling it will improve the chances of a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, which will benefit security and prosperity in the UK.

The new sanctions will put further pressure on Putin’s energy revenues, the most vital source of funding for his illegal invasion. They include specification of another 40 ‘shadow fleet’ ships carrying Russian oil. These vessels have collectively carried more than $5 billion worth of Russian oil and oil products in the last six months alone. The specifications bring the total number of oil tankers sanctioned by the UK to 133 - the highest of any nation in Europe.

Finally, we are sanctioning 14 ‘New Kleptocrats’, some of whom are fronting up strategic sectors of Russia’s economy. Among them are Roman Trotsenko, one of the wealthiest men in Russia, worth £2.2 billion.

After three years of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainians continue to defend their country and way of life with ingenuity and courage. They have shown that with the right support they can defend themselves against Russian aggression. Today’s action will strengthen Ukraine’s hand at a critical time in their fight for our shared security.

A list of those sanctioned today can be found here: List of Sanctions Targets - February 24 2025 (ODT, 20.9 KB)
Russia Sanctions - 24 February 2025
The below information details the entities, individuals and ships sanctioned on 24 February 2025 under the UK Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
Information on the UK Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations can be accessed here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/855/contents.
Information on the Russia Sanctions Common High Priority Items List can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/russia-sanctions-common-high-priority-items-list/15bbaf12-a67d-40ec-94b4-a6d5499c892b.

Actors Linked to the Russian Defence Sector
Russian state-owned entities and one individual involved in the Russian defence sector:
FEDERAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE "MAIN CENTER OF SPECIAL COMMUNICATION" – Russian state-owned entity that provides special postal services, including delivery of military-industrial goods and equipment.
Ivan Alekseevich GAYCHENYA – Head of FEDERAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE "MAIN CENTER OF SPECIAL COMMUNICATION".
FEDERALNOE KAZENNOE PREDPRIIATIE GOSUDARSTVENNYI NAUCHNO ISSLEDOVATELSKII INSTITUT KHIMICHESKIKH PRODUKTOV – Russian state-owned enterprise that produces armaments for the Russian military. 
JSC SCIENTIFIC AND PRODUCTION ENTERPRISE SALYUT – Russian state-owned company involved in Russia's defence sector. 
RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SIBERIAN BRANCH KHRISTIANOVICH INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS – Russian state-owned research institute involved in conducting scientific research, with military applications.

Russia-based importers of dual-use goods and suppliers to the Russian defence sector:
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TM TECH – Russia-based machine tool supplier that is owned by UK-sanctioned Igor Vladimirovich KHOMENKO, who is General Director of UK-sanctioned LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPEN SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY (LLC TROS).
Tatyana Valentinovna KHOMENKO – 50% shareholder of LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TM TECH and shareholder of LLC TROS, a UK-sanctioned Russian machine tool supplier involved in the Russian defence sector.
LLC GRANT-TRADE – Russia-based machine tool and electronics supplier that has been acquiring machine tools from Europe and Asia.
Dinara Dzhamilievna MUSTAFAEVA – linked to LLC GRANT-TRADE and the sister of Marat Dzhamilevich MUSTAFAEV.
Marat Dzhamilevich MUSTAFAEV – owner and director of LLC GRANT-TRADE.
LLC INTERVESP – Russian machine tool importer and supplier.
LLC INTERVESP-M – Russian supplier of industrial machinery, tools, and spare components to the Russian defence sector.
LLC KRAFTTEK – Russian IT company involved in acquiring sensitive semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

International enablers and suppliers to the Russian Defence Sector:
ACE ELECTRONIC (HK) CO., LIMITED – China-based industrial materials supplier that has exported Common High Priority goods, including microelectronics, to Russia.  
Aleksandr Sergeyevich USHKO – a manager at LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPEN SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY (LLC TROS)., a UK-sanctioned Russian machine tool supplier involved in the Russian defence sector.   
Dmitry Aleksandrovich BOYSOV – director of UZSTANEX LLC, a UK-sanctioned Uzbekistan-based machine tool company that has supplied machine tools to the Russian defence sector.
EKC.AG – Germany-based raw materials trader and part of a network supplying the Russian defence sector with critical minerals used to produce armaments.
Evgeny Viktorovich POROKHNYA - Germany-based Russian national who is CFO and co-owner of EKC.AG.
Vladimir Viktorovich PLATUNOV – Germany-based Russian national who is CEO and co-owner of EKC.AG. 
EXORA CO., LTD – Thailand-based company that has exported western-produced microelectronics to the Russian defence sector.
GSK CNC EQUIPMENT CO LTD – China-based company that has supplied machine tools to the Russian defence sector. 
INUSSIA IMPEX PRIVATE LIMITED – India-based company that has exported Common High Priority goods, including western-produced microelectronics, to Russia.
MAINZ MACHINE CO., LTD – Thailand-based company that has exported microelectronics to the Russian defence sector.
MCR GLOBAL ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET LTD SIRKETI – Turkey-based company supplying electronics to Russia. 
Mutlu COBANOGLU – Director of MCR GLOBAL ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET LTD SIRKETI.
NEWAY CNC EQUIPMENT (SUZHOU) CO LTD – China-based company that has supplied machine tools to Russia.    
NINGBO BLIN MACHINERY CO., LTD. – China-based company that has supplied machine tools to the Russian defence sector. 
NINGBO OTURN MACHINERY CO., LTD – China-based company that has supplied machine tools to the Russian defence sector. 
POLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC – China-based company and exporter of defence equipment that has supplied Common High Priority goods and dual-use technology to the Russian defence sector, including radar and radio navigation equipment.
PREMERA (H.K.) INTERNATIONAL CO., LIMITED – China-based company that has supplied microelectronics to sanctioned Russian entities.  
RAMA GROUP LLC – Kyrgyzstan-based company that has exported microelectronics to Russia. 
SHVABE OPTO-ELECTRONICS – China-based company that has supplied Common High Priority goods, including electrical components, to the Russian defence sector.
SUZHOU PARSUN POWER MACHINE CO., LTD. – China-based mechanical and electrical maritime equipment producer that has been supplying equipment and components to the Russian defence sector. 
TKT-1997 RAZVOJ LIMITED – China-based industrial materials supplier that has exported Common High Priority goods, including microelectronics, to Russia.
Vasily Vitalyevich ABRAMOV – Director of KAZSTANEX LLP, a UK-sanctioned Kazakhstan-based machine tool company that has supplied machine tools to the Russian defence sector.
  
DPRK officials involved in supporting Russian military action against Ukraine:
KIM Yong Bok – Senior DPRK officer leading DPRK troops deployed to Russia.
NO Kwang Chol – DPRK Defence Minister.   
RI Chang Ho – Senior DPRK officer leading DPRK troops deployed to Russia.
RI Song Jin – a senior DPRK missile engineer deployed to Russia to support DPRK-Russia weapons development.
SIN Kum Chol – Senior DPRK officer leading DPRK troops deployed to Russia.

Foreign Financial Institution
A non-Russia based financial institution involved in carrying on business in the Russian financial sector:
OJSC KEREMET BANK – A Kyrgyzstan-based bank that has been linked to the Russian financial services sector.

Ships Involved in the Transportation of Russian Oil
Oil Tankers involved in transporting Russian oil:
(IMO 9368223) ACHILLES   
(IMO 9319674) EASTERN GLORY   
(IMO 9378620) GANGA   
(IMO 9337901) SAMUDRA   
(IMO 9319703) GREAT JACOMBO   
(IMO 9388742) SURYA   
(IMO 9310525) IONIA   
(IMO 9290335) JUMBO   
(IMO 9353113) JUN MA   
(IMO 9388780) BAI LU   
(IMO 9262924) UTAKI   
(IMO 9332822) NICHOLE   
(IMO 9327372) OCEAN EMBRACE   
(IMO 9258026) EDERRA   
(IMO 9209972) TEMIRO    
(IMO 9333400) NOBLE   
(IMO 9247431) WILMA II   
(IMO 9409467) PRAVASI   
(IMO 9301419) YURI SENKEVICH   
(IMO 9901037) NIKOLAY ZADORNOV   
(IMO 9301421) VICTOR KONETSKY   
(IMO 9301407) VIKTOR TITOV   
(IMO 9251274) CRIUS  
(IMO 9404948) CHEN LU    
(IMO 9322956) PROSPERITY   
(IMO 9307815) ELECTRA  
(IMO 9397559) ARIA  
(IMO 9388792) UNITY  
(IMO 9266475) SAURI  
(IMO 9544281) CORUM  
(IMO 9368235) FU HAI WAN  
 (IMO 9384459) JI XIANG  
(IMO 9346744) MA JIN  
(IMO 9345623) RU YI   
(IMO 9304825) JALDHARA 
(IMO 9332834) WISDOMS DAUGHTER  
(IMO 9274800) YANGTZE  
(IMO 9346720) KIRA K  
 (IMO 9388766) DESTAN   
(IMO 9599341) JUPITER I 

Russian Government Officials
Arsen Bashirovich KANOKOV – A Senator of the Russian Federation representing the Kabardino-Balkar Republic.
Denis Gennadevich POPOV – Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief. Ex-Prosecutor of the city of Moscow.

Actors Involved in Key Russian Industries
Individuals and entities involved in one or more sectors of strategic significance to the Government of Russia:
Sofia Vladimirovna BELICHENKO – Owner of Gok Energokoks LLC, engaged in coal mining in the Ukrainian Temporarily Controlled Territories.
Nikolai Mikhailovich BUINOV – Majority shareholder of Irkutsk Oil Company. One of the largest investors in Russia in 2023.
Vladislav Feliksovich FILEV – Founder of JSC SIBERIA AIRLINES.
JSC SIBERIA AIRLINES – Largest private airline company in Russia.
JOINT STOCK COMPANY AVILON AUTOMOBILE GROUP – Supplier of cars for the Russian security forces.
Andrei Nikolaevich PAVLOVICH – Owner and CEO of Art Finance, which operates in the Russian transport sector. Former President of JOINT STOCK COMPANY AVILON AUTOMOBILE GROUP.
JSC STROYSERVIS – One of the largest Russian coal producers.
Nikolay Alexandrovich KAZAKOV – Owner of Donskiye Ugoli Trading House LLC which has investments in coal mining in the Ukrainian Temporarily Controlled Territories.
Eduard Yurevich KHUDAINATOV – Former CEO of Rosneft. Owner of Coalstar and Independent Oil and Gas Company (NKK).
Igor Vladimirovich KIM – Owner of Expobank, which operates in the Russian financial sector.
Vyacheslav Evgenyevich KOZHEVNIKOV – CEO of Forward Energo, which operates in the Russian energy sector.
Andrei Ravelevich KUZYAEV – Owner of ER-Telecoms, one of the largest telecommunications companies in Russia. Owner of JSC Morion, which operates in the Russian information, communications, and digital technologies sector, and Neftserviceholding, which operates in the Russian energy and extractives sectors.
Michel LITVAK – Owner of Oteko, a port terminal company, which operates in the Russian transport sector.
LLC IMPEX-DON – Actively controlling four coal-mining projects in the Ukrainian Temporarily Controlled Territories.
MANAGEMENT COMPANY SIBANTHRACITE – Russia's largest producer of metallurgical coal and world leader in the production and export of high quality UHG anthracite.
MONOLINK GROUP FZCO – United Arab Emirates-based commercial broker that has been involved in the Russian energy and extractives sectors and in the proliferation of Russian propaganda.
Samuel Stanislav NOVAKHOV – Managing Director of MONOLINK GROUP FZCO.
Pavel Anatolyevich MOROZOV – Owner of Akron Holdings, one of the largest industrial and metallurgical processing holding companies in Russia which supplies companies in the defence, energy, and electronics sectors.
Andrei Sergeyevich OLKHOVSKY – Owner of Avtodom, which operates in the Russian transport sector.
Roman Viktorovich TROTSENKO – Founder and former majority shareholder of the Aeon Corporation, which operates in Russia’s extractives, transport and chemicals sectors. Owner of Novaport Holding, which controls 22 regional Russian airports.
Gleb Romanovich TROTSENKO – Son of Roman TROTSENKO. Acquired his father’s gold and copper mining companies and served as Vice President of Aeon.
GRUPPA RUSSKAYA ENERGIYA – Formerly owned by Roman TROTSENKO. Operates coal mines in Russia including Vorkutaugol, which accounts for 11% of Russia's coking coal production
Aleksandr Vasilievich OREKHOV – Acquired the coal mining company LLC Carbon from Roman TROTSENKO in December 2023.
Natalya Aleksandrovna TYURINA – General Director of Tsargrad Media LLC, a subsidiary of UK-designated TSARGRAD OOO and ultimately owned by Konstantin Valerevich MALOFEEV, who has also been designated by the UK.
TSARGRAD OOO – variation to the existing designation. TSARGRAD OOO was designated 4 May 2022.

More information on the UK’s support to Ukraine can be found here - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-support-to-ukraine-factsheet/uk-support-to-ukraine-factsheet