There are reasonable grounds to suspect that Pavel Arkedyevich ROTENBERG is associated with and has obtained other material benefit from Arkady Romanovich ROTENBERG (RUS0123). Pavel Arkedyevich ROTENBERG is the son of Arkady Romanovich ROTENBERG (RUS0123) who has been designated by the UK since 31/12/2020.
Arkady Rotenberg is a prominent Russian businessman who has close personal ties to President Putin. Since March 2014, Rotenberg, or his companies, have received State contracts totalling over USD 7 Billion. In 2015, Rotenberg led the annual list of government contracts in terms of value, after being awarded contracts worth 555 Billion roubles from the Russian Government. Many of these contracts were awarded without formal competitive processes. On 30 January 2015, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree that awarded to Stroygazmontazh (Rotenberg’s company at the time), a State contract for the construction of the Kerch Bridge from Russia to the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Through these contracts he has financially benefited from Russian Decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine. He was the owner of the company Stroygazmontazh until 2019, which has been awarded a State contract for the construction of the Kerch bridge from Russia to the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea, therefore consolidating its integration into the Russian Federation, which in turn further undermines the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Similarly, in January 2017, Stroygazmontazh was awarded the State contract worth 17 billion roubles for the construction of a railway line on the Kerch bridge, which again further undermines the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Other activities included being the the chairman of the board of directors of the publishing house Prosvescheniye until 2017, which has notably implemented the project ‘To the Children of Russia: Address- Crimea’, a public relations campaign that was designed to persuade Crimean children that they are now Russian citizens living in Russia, and thereby supporting the Russian Government's policy to integrate Crimea into Russia.
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 Canada’s Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations. 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).
Additional Financial sanction (1)
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Date of restriction determination
#1 Type: Trust services
21.03.2023
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Names (1)
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Historical (last time active at 09.05.2022 20:15)
Last name/Name
ROTENBERG
First name/Name
Pavel
Second name/Name
Arkedyevich
Full name/Name
Pavel Arkedyevich ROTENBERG
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Primary name
Birth data (2)
Status
Historical (last time active at 18.03.2022 15:15)
Status
Historical (last time active at 09.05.2022 20:15)
Birthdate
Updated: 05.05.2025. 16:16
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