Mikhail Borisovich PIOTROVSKY

Mikhail Piotrovsky is the long-time Director of the State Hermitage Museum and a close associate of Vladimir Putin, he has actively supported and justified Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. He publicly endorsed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, likening the global dissemination of Russian culture to a so-called “special military operation”, directly alluding to the invasion. Mikhail Piotrovsky backed Russian legislation enabling the incorporation of cultural items from Ukrainian museums into Russia’s State Museum Fund. Under his leadership, the Hermitage has conducted unauthorised archaeological excavations in occupied Crimea, including the destruction of protected Ukrainian heritage sites, thereby serving the Kremlin’s goal of legitimising its territorial claims under the guise of academic work. Therefore, Mikhail Piotrovsky is supporting actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Function: Director of the State Hermitage Museum

Authorized representative of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin in the non-competitive presidential election on March 15-17, 2024. Authorized representatives voluntarily campaign for the re-election of Vladimir Putin, who is responsible for unleashing an aggressive war against Ukraine and political repression in Russia. Information from Vladimir Putin's election website: General Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture "State Hermitage", President of the "Union of Museums of Russia". ---- Member of the Council for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage under the Government of St. Petersburg. Member of the Public Council under Rossotrudnichestvo. Member of the Public Council of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

(Date of UN designation: 2026-04-23)

Publicly supported the aggressive war against Ukraine and the actions of Vladimir Putin's regime

Mikhail Piotrovsky est le directeur du musée d’État de l’Ermitage de longue date et est étroitement associé à Vladimir Poutine; il a activement supporté et justifié la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie contre l’Ukraine. Il a publiquement soutenu la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie contre l’Ukraine, comparant la diffusion mondiale de la culture russe à une ‘opération militaire spéciale’, faisant directement allusion à l’invasion. Mikhail Piotrovsky a soutenu la législation russe permettant l’incorporation de biens culturels provenant de musées ukrainiens dans les fonds des musées d’État russes. Sous sa direction, l’Ermitage a mené des excavations archéologiques non autorisées en Crimée occupée, y compris la destruction de sites protégés du patrimoine ukrainien, servant ainsi l’objectif du Kremlin de légitimer ses revendications territoriales sous le couvert de travaux universitaires. Par conséquent, Mikhail Piotrovsky soutient des actions et des politiques qui compromettent ou menacent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine.

Authorized representative of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. Authorized representatives ensured the re-election of Vladimir Putin, who has pursued an aggressive policy against Ukraine since 2014, in the non-competitive presidential election on March 18, 2018.

(UE) 2026/509 du 23/04/2026 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) (FondementJuridique: 4138)