This week the ACF 6,000 List received a major update. It focuses on officials, managers of state companies and banks, and oligarchs who all contribute every day to making sure that Putin’s regime has enough money to continue the war against Ukraine. Some of these people are engaged in replenishing the budget and redistributing the raised funds to provide money for the war machine even in times of crisis. Others ensure the economic stability of the regime and the economic integration of the annexed territories. Still others finance the war with funds from their companies, distribute money within the financial system or own enterprises that manufacture military products. We have grouped them all into a separate list, which we have called “War Financers”.
Some of these people are already under sanctions in some countries, while others are still awaiting their turn. In compiling the list of war financers, we assumed that in spite of any self-justification they come up with for themselves, each of them put their knowledge and energy into ensuring that the Putin regime continues to kill people en masse. One year into the war, each of them is personally involved in these crimes, even though they could have avoided doing so.
In compiling the “War Financers” category, we have revised the lists for the heads of state foundations and expanded the part on the Bank of Russia to include the heads of its most significant departments. In addition, we finished updating the “Deputy Governors” category, which includes deputy heads of regions, chairmen and deputy chairmen of regional governments. As usual, we’ve also made numerous pinpoint additions and changes in order to keep the lists up to date. You can view all the changes here.
We also welcome the position of the French company Eutelsat, which has been rebroadcasting Russian propaganda via its satellites until recently, which resulted in some of its executives being included on our list. The company’s management contacted us and informed us that they had stopped broadcasting Russian propaganda TV channels. We are currently investigating this report. If you have any evidence that the company continues to rebroadcast propaganda, please email us at [email protected].
We would also like to remind you that our lists are pleasant to study, and searching through them has become easy thanks to our Sanctions Tracker.