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Maria Vladimirovna ZAKHAROVA

Person of interest · Diplomat · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Maria Vladimirovna ZAKHAROVA is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	MARIYA VLADIMIROVNA ZAKHAROVA · Maria Vladimirovna ZAKHAROVA · Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova · Maria Zacharova · Maria Zacharowa · 34 more...				[sources]
Other name	MARIA VLADIMIROVNA ZAKHAROVA · MARIA ZACHAROVA · MARIIA VLADIMIROVNA ZAKHAROVA · MARIJA ZAKAROVA · Maria Vladimirovna Zacharova · 23 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1975-12-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Moscou · Moscou,URSS (aujourd’hui Fédération de Russie) · Moscow · Moscow Russia · Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION · 3 more...				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Russia				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Country of birth	Russia				[sources]
First name	MARIYA VLADIMIROVNA · Maria · Maria Vladimirovna · Mariia · Marija · 3 more...				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	ZAKHAROVA · Zacharova · Zakarova · Zakharova · ЗАХА́РОВА · 2 more...				[sources]
Middle name	Vladimirovna · Владимировна · Мари́я				[sources]
Patronymic	Vladimirovna · Владимировна				[sources]
Registration number	`V67LZMKG9GM1`				[sources]
Second name	Vladimirovna				[sources]
Unique Entity ID	`V67LZMKG9GM1`				[sources]
Website	mariya-zaharova.ru				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20812953				[sources]
Position	Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. · Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Affairs of the Russian Federation · Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation · Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2015-) · Directrice du département de l'information et de la presse du ministère des affaires étrangères de la Fédération de Russie · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Historical Sciences (2003) · Moscow State Institute of International Relations (-1998)				[sources]
Religion	Eastern Orthodox Church				[sources]
Address	Ministry of Foreign Affairs				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-12-03	Last processed	2024-12-03	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Maria Zakharova is the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. As a central figure of the government propaganda, she promoted the deployment of Russian forces in Ukraine. Therefore, she supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

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

Function: Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-12-21

Maria Zakharova est directrice du département de l'information et de la presse du ministère des affaires étrangères de la Fédération de Russie. En tant que figure centrale de la propagande gouvernementale, elle a fait la promotion du déploiement de forces russes en Ukraine.Elle a donc soutenu des actions et des politiques compromettant l'intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l'indépendance de l'Ukraine.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

— New Zealand Russia Sanctions, 2024-03-21

Russian propagandist: Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-11-03

Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-05-09

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson since 2015

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-20

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson since 2015

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-20

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Andrei Makarov	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of United Russia	-	-
extraordinary and plenipotentary ambassador for the Soviet Union and Russia	2017-12-26	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2022/1529 du 14/09/2022 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014) · (UE) 2022/260 du 23/02/2022 (UE Ukraine intégrité territoriale - R (UE) 269/2014)	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	UKR	2022-09-16	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Russia	2022-03-15	-
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Russia Sanctions Act 2022	2022-03-18	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2022-03-15	-
National Security and Defense Council	726/2022	2022-10-19	2032-10-19
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Russia)	2022-03-08	-
Ministry of Finance	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）	2022-03-18	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Russia / Russie	-	-
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	2022-02-25	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2022-06-02	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	UKR	2022-09-16	-

Data sources

New Zealand Russia Sanctions1,735

The New Zealand government's list of people and companies sanctioned in relation to the Russian attack on Ukraine.

New Zealand · MFAT

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,368

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,410

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,841

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,181

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

ACF List of War Enablers7,945

A list of Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · ACF · non-official source

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,281

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,229

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,256

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,736

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

US SAM Procurement Exclusions118,896

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,643

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

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

Switzerland · SECO

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,598

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,794

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,554

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata378,482

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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