Alisher Usmanov
Sanctioned entityBorn 9 Sep 1953 (73 years old),Russia. Named in 16 sanctions listings.
Summary
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Russian billionaire
(also Alisher Burhanovich USMANOV)
Metalloinvest Founder
Alisher Usmanov is a leading businessperson having interests in iron ore and steel, media, telecommunications and internet companies. Usmanov owns the largest stake in his USM holding, a global conglomerate of metals and mining, telecommunications and technology companies which includes Metalloinvest, Udokan Copper, Akkerman Cement, MegaFon and other assets. Usmanov, directly or through USM, owns and controls assets in key sectors of the Russian economy. His largest holding is the steel giant Metalloinvest, which, together with other companies, is operating in the mineral sector, providing a substantial source of revenue to the Russian Government. Therefore, he is a leading businessperson operating in Russia as well as a businessperson involved in an economic sector providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine. Alisher Usmanov has particularly close ties to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. He has been referred to as one of Vladimir Putin’s favourite leading businesspersons. He is considered to be one of Russia’s businesspersons-officials, who were entrusted with servicing financial flows but whose positions depend on the will of the President. Usmanov is reputed to have acted on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation in a number of business deals of political and strategic importance. He also has close ties with Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and former President and Prime Minister of Russia, who benefitted from the personal use of luxurious residences controlled by Usmanov. Therefore, he actively supported materially or financially and benefitted from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine. Usmanov is also the exclusive owner of the business daily Kommersant. When he took control of the business daily “Kommersant”, the freedom of the editorial staff was curtailed and the newspaper took a manifestly pro-Kremlin stance. Kommersant under Usmanov’s ownership published a propagandist anti-Ukrainian article by Dmitry Medvedev, in which the former President of Russia argued that it was meaningless to engage in talks with the current Ukrainian authorities, who in his opinion were under direct foreign control. Therefore he actively supported the Russian government’s policies of destabilisation of Ukraine.
(also Alisher Burkhanovich USMANOV, Alisher USMONOV)
55 0314316 (passport-National passport) (valid from 2019-12-06 to 2029-12-06)
Function: leading Russian businessperson
(Date of UN designation: 2022-02-28)
Mentioned in 2018 CAATSA report on Russian oligarchs
Birth date as published: 1953-09-09T00:00:00
Founder of Metalloinvest
Sanctions and listings16
- Effective
- 1 Jan 2018
- Ended
- 24 Sep 2031
Official designation
Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of LithuaniaLithuania Designated Persons Under Magnitsky AmendmentsLithuania
UTPĮ 133 str. 4 d., galiojanti nuo 2018-01-01
- Effective
- 8 Mar 2022
資産凍結等の措置の対象となるロシア連邦の団体及び個人(個人)
Ministry of FinanceJapan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible PeopleJapan
Reference 37mof.go.jp
- Listed
- 10 Mar 2022
Special Economic Measures Act - Russia
Global Affairs CanadaCanadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List on the Russian invasion of UkraineCanada
The following individuals are former Russian senior officials and associates of the regime who were sanctioned for their complicity in President Putin’s choice to invade a peaceful and sovereign country.
Programme CA-SEMAinternational.gc.cainternational.gc.ca
- Listed
- 15 Sep 2022; 14 Sep 2023; 13 Sep 2024
EU sanctions related to Ukraine
Federal Public Service FinanceBelgian Financial SanctionsBelgium
2023/1765 (OJ L226)
2022/1529 (OJ L239)
2024/2455 (OJ L13092024)
Programme EU-UKRfinance.belgium.besanctionsmap.eu
- Effective
- 5 Apr 2022
Russia Sanctions Act 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and TradeNew Zealand Russia SanctionsNew ZealandSanctioned
Aircraft Ban, travel ban, service prohibition, dealing with securities, asset freeze and ship ban
Person of strategic or economic significance to Russia
Programme NZ-RSA2022mfat.govt.nz
Russia Sanctions Regime - Autonomous (Russia)
Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeAustralian Sanctions Consolidated ListAustralia
Travel ban and targeted financial sanction
Instrument of first designation and declaration Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Ukraine) Amendment (No. 6) Instrument 2022
Programme AU-RUSSIALast updated 14 Mar 2022dfat.gov.audfat.gov.au
- Listed
- 10 Mar 2023
Special Economic Measures Act - Russia
Global Affairs CanadaCanadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions ListCanada
1, Part 1
Programme CA-SEMAReference 543international.gc.cainternational.gc.ca
- Effective
- 3 Mar 2022
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
The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect Alisher USMANOV (hereafter USMANOV) is an 'involved person' under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: 1) USMANOV is associated with a person who is and has been involved in destabilising Ukraine and undermining and threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, namely Putin, including through obtaining a financial benefit and other material benefit from that person. 2) USMANOV has been involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia by owning or controlling USM Holdings which is itself and through its subsidiaries Metalloinvest and Megafon, carrying on business in sectors of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian extractives and information, communication and digital technologies sectors. 3) USMANOV is a member of USM Holdings, which is an involved person by virtue of its ownership and control of two persons; Metalloinvest which carries on business in sectors of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian extractives sector and Megafon which carries on business in sectors of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian information, communication and digital technologies sectors. The trust services sanctions were imposed on 21/03/2023.
The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect Alisher USMANOV (hereafter USMANOV) is an “involved person” under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: 1) USMANOV is associated with a person who is and has been involved in destabilising Ukraine and undermining and threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, namely Putin, including through obtaining a financial benefit and other material benefit from that person. 2) USMANOV has been involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia by owning or controlling USM Holdings which is itself and through its subsidiaries Metalloinvest and Megafon, carrying on business in sectors of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian extractives and information, communication and digital technologies sectors. 3) USMANOV is a member of USM Holdings, which is an involved person by virtue of its ownership and control of two persons; Metalloinvest which carries on business in sectors of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian extractives sector and Megafon which carries on business in sectors of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian information, communication and digital technologies sectors. The trust services sanctions were imposed on 21/03/2023.
Programme GB-RUSReference RUS0266Reference 14210Last updated 23 Oct 2025gov.ukgov.uk
- Effective
- 22 Sep 2026
KRIEVIJA
Finanšu izlūkošanas dienestsLatvia FIU Sanctions and Asset FreezesLatvia
Ališers Usmanovs (angļu valodā: Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov, krievu valodā: Алишер Бурханович Усманов, uzbeku valodā: Alisher Burxonovich Usmonov) 1.1. (N) Ališers Usmanovs ir Krievijas Federācijas (turpmāk - Krievija) prezidentam Vladimiram Putinam pietuvināts ietekmīgs uzņēmējs un viens no galvenajiem USM Holdings akcionāriem; 1.2. (N) Ališeram Usmanovam ir īpaši ciešas saites ar Krievijas prezidentu Vladimiru Putinu. Viņš ir ticis nosaukts par vienu no Vladimira Putina tuvākajiem vadošajiem uzņēmējiem, kā arī tiek uzskatīts par vienu no tiem Krievijas uzņēmējiem-amatpersonām, kuru pozīcijas ir atkarīgas no Krievijas prezidenta gribas; 1.3. (N) Ališeram Usmanovam ir ciešas saites ar Krievijas Drošības padomes priekšsēdētāja vietnieku un bijušo Krievijas prezidentu un premjerministru Dmitriju Medvedevu, kurš ir guvis labumu no Ališera Usmanova kontrolēto luksusa rezidenču izmantošanas personiskos nolūkos; 1.4. (N) Ališera Usmanova īpašumā vai kontrolē tieši vai ar USM Holdings starpniecību ir aktīvi Krievijas ekonomikas galvenajās nozarēs. Viņa lielākais kontrolakciju uzņēmums ir tērauda gigants Metalloinvest, kas kopā ar citiem uzņēmumiem darbojas derīgo izrakteņu nozarē, nodrošinot svarīgu ienākumu avotu Krievijas budžetā; 1.5. (N) Ališers Usmanovs ir biznesa laikraksta "Kommersant" vienīgais īpašnieks. Viņa kontrolē minētais laikraksts ieņēmis skaidri prokremlisku nostāju. Laikraksts "Kommersant" publicējis propagandistisku, pret Ukrainu un Ukrainas tautu vērstu saturu.
- Listed
- 14 Mar 2022
- Effective
- 3 Mar 2022
Reciprocal
OFACUS SAM Procurement ExclusionsUnited StatesActive
Prohibition/Restriction
Redacted for Security Reasons
- Listed
- 3 Mar 2022
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions - RUSSIA-EO14024
Office of Foreign Assets ControlUS OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) ListUnited States
RUSSIA-EO14024 and block
Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.
Executive Order 14024 (Russia)
Programme US-RUSHARReference 35283treasury.govofac.treasury.gov
- Listed
- 13 Dec 2024; 4 Mar 2022; 2 Nov 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 50771seco.admin.chseco.admin.ch
- Effective
- 19 Oct 2022
- Ended
- 19 Oct 2032
Law of Ukraine "On Sanctions" No. 1644-VII dated 14 Aug. 2014 - 726/2022
National Security and Defense CouncilUkraine NSDC State Register of SanctionsUkraine
[2] обмеження торговельних операцій(повне припинення торговельних операцій), [24] позбавлення державних нагород україни, інших форм відзначення, [4] запобігання виведенню капіталів за межі україни, [7] заборона участі у приватизації, оренді державного майна резидентами іноземної держави та особами, які прямо чи опосередковано контролюються резидентами іноземної держави або діють в їх інтересах, [19] заборона передання технологій, прав на об’єкти права інтелектуальної власності, [6] припинення дії або зупинення ліцензій та інших дозволів, одержання (наявність) яких є умовою для здійснення певного виду діяльності, зокрема, припинення дії чи зупинення дії спеціальних дозволів на користування надрами, [14] припинення видачі дозволів, ліцензій на ввезення в україну з іноземної держави чи вивезення з україни валютних цінностей та обмеження видачі готівки за платіжними картками, емітованими резидентами іноземної держави, [11] заборона або обмеження заходження іноземних невійськових суден та військових кораблів до територіального моря україни, її внутрішніх вод, портів та повітряних суден до повітряного простору україни або здійснення посадки на території україни, [5] зупинення виконання економічних та фінансових зобов’язань, [1] блокування активів - тимчасове позбавлення права користуватися та розпоряджатися активами, що належать фізичній або юридичній особі, а також активами, щодо яких така особа може прямо чи опосередковано (через інших фізичних або юридичних осіб) вчиняти дії, тотожні за змістом здійсненню права розпорядження ними(через інших фізичних або юридичних осіб) вчиняти дії, тотожні за змістом здійсненню права розпорядження ними (блокування активів – тимчасове позбавлення права користуватися та розпоряджатися активами, що належать фізичній або юридичній особі, а також активами, щодо яких така особа може прямо чи опосередковано (через інших фізичних або юридичних осіб) вчиняти дії, тотожні за змістом здійсненню права розпорядження ними), [24-1] заборона на набуття у власність земельних ділянок, [13] заборона видачі дозволів, ліцензій національного банку україни на здійснення інвестицій в іноземну державу, розміщення валютних цінностей на рахунках і вкладах на території іноземної держави and [3] обмеження, часткове чи повне припинення транзиту ресурсів, польотів та перевезень територією україни(повне припинення транзиту ресурсів та перевезень територією україни)
Programme UA-SA1644Reference 22072611100345president.gov.uadrs.nsdc.gov.ua
- Listed
- 31 Oct 2024
- Effective
- 3 Mar 2022
Reciprocal
OFACUS SAM Procurement ExclusionsUnited StatesActive
Prohibition/Restriction
Redacted for Security Reasons
- Listed
- 31 Oct 2024
- Effective
- 3 Mar 2022
Reciprocal
OFACUS SAM Procurement ExclusionsUnited StatesActive
Prohibition/Restriction
Redacted for Security Reasons
Positions held7
Period not retained
chairperson
Period not retained
USMホールディングス創業者
Period not retained
засновник «USM Holdings».
Period not retained
Russian leading businessperson
Period not retained
Російський підприємець, мільярдер
Period not retained
leading Russian businessperson
Period not retained
Founder of USM Holdings
Connections14
Family3
All 3 markedSanctioned- Saodat NarzievaDebarredSiblingBorn 15 May 1965UzbekistanRussia
- Gulbakhor IsmailovaDebarredSiblingBorn 22 Dec 1959UzbekistanCyprusRussia
- Irina Viner-UsmanovaClose associate of PEPPerson of interestSpouseBorn 30 Jul 19481992 - 4 May 2022Russia
Owns8
All 8 markedSanctioned- AircraftM-IABUShare not statedOwned or Controlled By
- OrganizationKHOLDINGOVAYA KOMPANIYA YUESEMDebarredShare not statedOwned or Controlled ByRussia
- OrganizationPREDSTAVITELSTVO WINDFEL PROPERTIES LIMITEDDebarredShare not statedOwned or Controlled ByCyprusUzbekistan
- VesselDilbarDebarredShare not statedOwned or Controlled By
- OrganizationSavoler Development LimitedDebarredShare not statedOwned or Controlled ByCyprus
- OrganizationThe Sister TrustDebarredShare not statedOwned or Controlled ByBermudaSwitzerland
Other links3
All 3 markedFrozen asset- OrganizationPANFERMAG HOLDING LIMITEDLinked to"Līdzekļi"Cyprus
- OrganizationMegafon PAOSanctionedDebarredExport controlledTrade riskLinked to"Līdzekļi"Russia
- OrganizationUSM INVESTMENTS LIMITEDLinked to"Līdzekļi"Cyprus
Identifiers5
| Identifier | Number | Issued by | Issued | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID number | 1601108019 | |||
| Passport | 55 0314316 | |||
| Tax number | 1601108019 | |||
| Passport | 55 0314316 | Russia | 6 Dec 2019 | 6 Dec 2029 |
| Tax ID no | 1601108019 | Russia |
Other names74
Also known as68
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Weak aliases6
Spellings the source flags as too generic to establish a match on their own.
Addresses2
Russia
Monaco
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