Marina Yuryevna ZAKHAROVA
Sanctioned entityBorn 7 Jul 1985 (41 years old),Russia. Named in 7 sanctions listings.
Summary
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Chairman of the Electoral Commission of the Kherson oblast (under Russian occupation). The head of the state body responsible for supporting the Russian occupation of the territory of Ukraine through electoral fraud.
Function: Chair of the Election Committee of the Kherson Region
Birth information published: birthdate=1985-07-07; year=1985; monthOfYear=7; dayOfMonth=7; calendarType=GREGORIAN; circa=false; city=Donetsk; region=Donetsk Oblast; countryDescription=UKRAINE; remark=Then USSR
(Date of UN designation: 2023-12-18)
Marina Zakharova préside la commission électorale de la région de Kherson depuis mars 2023. Au cours de son mandat, la commission a été responsable de l’organisation, en septembre 2023, d’élections illégales dans la région de Kherson occupée, tentant ainsi de légitimer la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie dans cette zone. À ce titre, Marina Zakharova soutient et met en œuvre des actions et des politiques qui compromettent et menacent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine.
Birth information published: birthdate=1985-07-07; year=1985; monthOfYear=7; dayOfMonth=7; calendarType=GREGORIAN; city=Donetsk; region=Donetsk Oblast; countryDescription=UKRAINE; remark=Then USSR
(UE) 2023/2875 du 18/12/2023 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) (FondementJuridique: 3678)
Marina Zakharova has served as the Chair of the Election Committee of the Kherson Region since March 2023. During her tenure, the Committee has been responsible for organising illegal elections in the occupied Kherson region in September 2023, thus attempting to legitimise the Russian war of aggression of that area. In this role, Marina Zakharova is supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
Sanctions and listings7
- Listed
- 21 Dec 2023
Measures In Relation To The Situation In Ukraine - 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, 15c, 25, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40 and 41
State Secretariat for Economic AffairsSwiss SECO Sanctions/EmbargoesSwitzerland
Programme SECO-UKRAINEReference 69541seco.admin.chseco.admin.ch
EU sanctions related to Ukraine - (UE) 2023/2875 du 18/12/2023 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014)
Direction Générale du TrésorFrench National Asset Freezing SystemFrance
Marina Zakharova préside la commission électorale de la région de Kherson depuis mars 2023. Au cours de son mandat, la commission a été responsable de l’organisation, en septembre 2023, d’élections illégales dans la région de Kherson occupée, tentant ainsi de légitimer la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie dans cette zone. À ce titre, Marina Zakharova soutient et met en œuvre des actions et des politiques qui compromettent et menacent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine.
Programme EU-UKRgels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.frsanctionsmap.eu
EU sanctions related to Ukraine - Council Decision concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
Council of the European UnionEU Consolidated Travel BansEuropean Union
regulationType=council decision; organisationType=council
Council Decision concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
Programme EU-UKReur-lex.europa.eusanctionsmap.eu
- Listed
- 18 Dec 2023
EU sanctions related to Ukraine
Federal Public Service FinanceBelgian Financial SanctionsBelgium
2023/2875 (OJ L18122023)
Programme EU-UKRfinance.belgium.besanctionsmap.eu
- Effective
- 29 Sep 2023
UK sanctions relating to Russia - The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
UK; Foreign, Commonwealth & Development OfficeUK FCDO Sanctions ListUnited Kingdom
Asset freeze, travel ban, trust services sanctions and director disqualification sanction
Marina Yuryevna ZAKHAROVA is an involved person under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because she is the head of the Russian-installed ‘Election Commission of the Kherson Region’ in the temporarily-controlled region of Kherson. Therefore, through her role, ZAKHAROVA is and has been involved in undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine, because she is and has been responsible for, engaged in, provided support for, and/or promoted the policies or actions of the ‘Election Commission of the Kherson Region’ which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine; including its policies and actions in the 2022 referendum and 2023 elections.
Programme GB-RUSReference RUS1972Reference 16097Last updated 9 Apr 2025gov.ukgov.uk
- Listed
- 18 Dec 2023
EU sanctions related to Ukraine - UKR
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets UnionEU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)European Union
regulationType=amendment; organisationType=council
Designation date published: 2023-12-18
2023/2875 (OJ L18122023)
Programme EU-UKRReference EU.10938.14eur-lex.europa.eusanctionsmap.eu
Official designation
La Principauté de MonacoMonaco National Fund Freezing ListMonaco
(UE) 2023/2875 du 18/12/2023
Autorité de désignation publiée : Union européenne
Marina Zakharova préside la commission électorale de la région de Kherson depuis mars 2023. Au cours de son mandat, la commission a été responsable de l’organisation, en septembre 2023, d’élections illégales dans la région de Kherson occupée, tentant ainsi de légitimer la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie dans cette zone. À ce titre, Marina Zakharova soutient et met en oeuvre des actions et des politiques qui compromettent et menacent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine.
Positions held5
Period not retained
Head of the so-called Election Commission of the Kherson Region, in the temporarily-controlled territory in Kherson, Ukraine
Period not retained
Организаторы фальсификаций на выборах
Period not retained
Présidente de la commission électorale de la région de Kherson
Period not retained
Chair of the Election Committee of the Kherson Region
Period not retained
Election fraud organizers
Other names9
Also known as9
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