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Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing ‘52. Internet Research Agency (Агентство интернет-исследований) Date of creation: 2013 Address: Saint Petersburg, Russia Associated individuals: Yevgeny Prigozhin Internet Research Agency is a Russian company engaged in online influence operations on behalf of Russia. Its ultimate objective is to manipulate the public opinion. The company conducts disinformation campaigns targeting Ukraine’s agenda by influencing elections or perceptions of the annexation of Crimea or the conflict in Donbas. In this capacity, the Internet Research Agency is responsible for actively supporting actions which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. The company is financed by Yevgeny Prigozhin, and therefore associated with a listed person. 23.2.2022 53. Bank Rossiya (Банк «Россия») Founded on 27.6.1990 Address: Pl Rastrelli 2 Liter A Saint Petersburg, 191124 Russian Federation Website: Abr.ru Associated individuals: Dmitri LEBEDEV (Chairman); Yuriy KOVALCHUK (largest shareholder) Bank Rossiya is the personal bank of Senior Officials of the Russian Federation. In this capacity, Bank Rossiya supports and benefits from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine. Bank Rossiya has important stakes in the National Media Group which, in turn, controls television stations which actively support the Russian government’s policies of destabilisation of Ukraine. Since the illegal annexation of Crimea, Bank Rossiya has opened branches across Crimea and Sevastopol. Bank Rossiya also provided a loan to Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Crimean Railway” and supports the construction of the railway over the Crimean bridge. Therefore, Bank Rossiya supports financially actions which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Associated with Yuriy Valentinovich Kovalchuk, largest shareholder of Bank Rossiya. 23.2.2022 54. PROMSVYAZBANK (ПАО Промсвязьбанк") Founded in 1995 Address: Moscow; Website: psbank.ru Associated individuals: Petr Fradkov, CEO PROMSVYAZBANK is a Russian State-owned bank, which provides financial support to the Russian defence sector and the Russian military, which is responsible for the massive deployment of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine and for the presence of Russian troops in the Crimean peninsula. PROMSVYAZBANK is directly instructed by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and therefore provides financial and material support to Russian decision-makers responsible for the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea. PROMSVYAZBANK operates in the Crimean peninsula. 23.2.2022 55. VEB.RF (a.k.a. Vnesheconombank; VEB) (ВЭБ.РФ) Founded in 1922 as bank and 2007 as development institute Address: 9 prospekt Akademika Sakharova, Moscow, Russia; Website: veb.ru Associated individuals: Igor Shuvalov, Chairman VEB.RF is a major financial development institution whose Chairman is directly appointed by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and takes instructions directly from him. VEB.RF generates an important source of revenue for the Russian Government and manages its State pension funds. VEB.RF plays an active role in the diversification of the defence sector of the Russian Federation and has projects with defence industry companies, including Rostec, which provide support to actions which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. VEB granted loans to small and medium enterprises in Crimea and considers it a “priority region” and has partnerships with the Ministry of Crimean Affairs, responsible for the integration of the annexed Autonomous ‘Republic of Crimea’ into the Russian Federation. In this capacity, VEB.RF actively supports, materially or financially, or benefits from, Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine. 23.2.2022’
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-17 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.