Member of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group Consortium
Full name/Name
Алексей Викторович КУЗЬМИЧЁВ
Type
Non-Latin script
Remark
Language: Russian
Birth data (1)
Birthdate
Place
Kirov
Country
Russian Federation
Notes (4)
Designated for the purposes of an asset freeze and a travel ban under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The designation is made as a designation by name under the urgent procedure. The relevant provision by reference to which the Minister considers that condition B is met is the European Union’s Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP (as amended) concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. The purposes of this provision correspond or are similar to the purposes of the UK’s Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which have as their purposes to encourage Russia to cease actions destabilising Ukraine or undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine. The Minister considers that it is in the public interest to designate (condition C). The Minister certified on 5 May 2022 that conditions B and C continued to be met.
Alexey Viktorovich KUZMICHEV (hereafter KUZMICHEV) was involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia through his positions as the co-founder and a member of the Supervisory Board of the Russian-based investment consortium the Alfa Group, a consortium of businesses which includes ABH Holdings SA, which is the holding company for Alfa-Bank Russia (Russia’s largest privately owned bank) and Alfa-Bank Ukraine. Alfa Bank is active in the financial services sector - a sector of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, meaning that KUZMICHEV has derived a benefit from or supported the Government of Russia. KUZMICHEV has also been involved in destabilising Ukraine through Alfa Bank Russia doing business in the unrecognized republics in the east of Ukraine.
Designated for the purposes of an asset freeze and a travel ban under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The designation is made as a designation by name under the urgent procedure. The relevant provision by reference to which the Minister considers that condition B is met is the European Union’s Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP (as amended) concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. The purposes of this provision correspond or are similar to the purposes of the UK’s Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which have as their purposes to encourage Russia to cease actions destabilising Ukraine or undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine. The Minister considers that it is in the public interest to designate (condition C).
Alexey Viktorovich KUZMICHEV is or has been involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia by working as a director, or equivalent, of entities carrying on business in a sector of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian financial services sector, through his positions on the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group and the Board of Directors and Board of Administration of A1 Investment Holding S.A.. KUZMICHEV is also an involved person because he is associated with Mikhail FRIDMAN (RUS0664), German KHAN (RUS0666), and Petr AVEN (RUS0665), who are each involved persons under The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
Additional Financial sanction (1)
Type
Date of restriction determination
#1 Type: Trust services
21.03.2023
Historical data
Names (1)
Status
Historical (last time active at 04.07.2022 20:15)
Last name/Name
KUZMICHEV
First name/Name
Alexey
Second name/Name
Viktorovich
Full name/Name
Alexey Viktorovich KUZMICHEV
Type
Primary name
Birth data (1)
Status
Historical (last time active at 04.07.2022 20:15)
Birthdate
Updated: 06.05.2025. 03:16
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