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Iosif Kobzon

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Iosif Kobzon is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Iosif Davydovič Kobzon · Iosif KOBZON · Iosif Kobzon · Iossif Dawydowitsch Kobson · Ioszif Kobzon · 22 more...				[sources]
Other name	Iosif Davidovich Kobzon · Iosif Davidovitch Kobzon · Iosif Davidovitsj Kobzon · Iosif Dawydowicz Kobzon · Iossif Kobson · 25 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Кобзо́н · Кобзон · კობზონი · イオシフ・コブゾン · ヨシフ・ダヴィドヴィッチ・コブゾン · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1937-09-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Chasiv Yar · Tchassov Yar, Ukraine · Україна, м. Часів Яр · м. Часів Яр (Українська РСР)				[sources]
Death date	2018-08-30				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Country of birth	Ukraine				[sources]
First name	Iosif · Iosif · Joseph · Иосиф				[sources]
Last name	KOBZON · Kobzon · Кобзон				[sources]
Patronymic	Davydovich · Дaвыдович				[sources]
Website	www.iosifkobzon.ru				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1980296				[sources]
Position	member of the State Duma · member of the State Duma (2000-2003) · member of the State Duma (2003-2007) · member of the State Duma (2011-2016) · депутат Державної Думи Російської Федерації · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Dnipro University of Technology · Gnessin Russian Academy of Music · Université du marxisme-léninisme sous l'égide du Comité de la ville de Moscou (-1975)				[sources]
Source link	lenta.ru				[sources]
Last change	2025-01-25	Last processed	2025-02-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Member of the State Duma. He visited the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" and during his visit made statements supporting separatists. He was also appointed Honorary Consul of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" in the Russian Federation. On 20 Mar 2014 he voted in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law "on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects - the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol". Currently First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2024-08-23

Soviet and Russian singer (1937–2018)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-07

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Veronika Kruglova Close Associate	spouse	1965	1967
Andrey Kobzon Close Associate	child	-	-
Ninel Kobzon Close Associate	spouse	1971	2018
Људмила Гурченко Close Associate	spouse	1967	1970

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
National Security and Defense Council	467/2016	2016-10-17	2017-10-17
National Security and Defense Council	82/2019	2019-03-19	-
Global Affairs Canada	Russia / Russie	-	-
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	2018-05-15
National Security and Defense Council	126/2018	2018-05-14	-
National Security and Defense Council	176/2018	2018-06-21	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	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, 25 and 33	2015-03-06	2019-02-14
National Security and Defense Council	549/2015	2015-09-16	2016-09-16
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	133/2017	2017-05-15	-

Data sources

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,465

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Wikidata Entities of Interest3,963

Persons of interest profiles from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions18,092

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,717

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

External databases

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Wikidata388,145

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-seco-30482 · NK-8dDf5oW2eNLsMCRkwkvezf · ua-nsdc-person-176-2018-983 · evpo-129c5918-f755-4517-b823-bdafd39b7d4b · ca-sema-russia-1-82 · ca-sema-9a5249dd450312b7767e282c2ff199916c8273fb · ca-sema-1-82-ru-iosif-kobzon · ua-nsdc-10525-kobzon-josip-davidovic

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