Entity record

Aleksander Aleksandrovich SAMOFALPerson

Source-verifiedReflects Australian Sanctions Consolidated Listobserved not an issuing authority

Aleksander Aleksandrovich SAMOFAL appears on the Australian Sanctions Consolidated List and 5 other official sanctions lists, designated by European Union, UK HM Treasury (OFSI), Global Affairs Canada (SEMA), FR DGT, AU DFAT, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) under programs HR, Global Human Rights, Russia, Schedule 1, Part 1.1, (UE) 2023/1495 du 20/07/2023 (UE Violation des droits de l'homme - R (UE) 2020/1998), Autonomous (Thematic - Human Rights), The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020; reflected as observed on 2026-09-04.

Sanctions

Also known as

  • Aleksandr Aleksandrovitj SAMOFAL
  • Alexandr Samofal
  • Александр Александрович САМОФАЛ (Cyrl)
  • Alexander Alexandrovich SAMOFAL
  • Alexander Alexandrovič SAMOFAL
  • Alexander SAMOFAL
  • Александр Самофал (Cyrl)
  • Aleksandr Aleksandrovich SAMOFAL
  • Aleksander Aleksandrovich SAMOFAL
  • Alexandr Alexandrovich SAMOFAL

Designations

Reason for listing

Per AU DFAT (listed ):

Instrument of first designation and declaration: Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 3) Instrument 2023 (official source)

Per FR DGT (listed ):

Alexander Samofal est un officier du Service fédéral de sécurité de la Fédération de Russie (FSB). En cette qualité, il a été personnellement impliqué dans une opération du FSB visant à assassiner une figure majeure de l'opposition russe, Wladimir Kara-Murza, au moyen d'une neurotoxine. Cet empoisonnement, qui a failli coûter la vie à Kara- Murza, a gravement altéré sa santé et a eu des répercussions négatives sur son état physique à long terme. Kara-Murza est un militant d'opposition de premier plan en Russie. Une procédure judiciaire à motivation politique fondée sur de fausses allégations a été engagée contre lui en 2022, après qu'il a accusé le Kremlin de commettre des crimes de guerre en Ukraine et condamné publiquement l'agression russe. En avril 2023, il a été condamné à 25 ans de détention dans une prison/un camp de travail de haute sécurité. La procédure judiciaire à son encontre a ciblé son militantisme et a servi de procès pour l'exemple en Russie afin d'étouffer les voix critiques à l'égard du régime en place exprimant leur opposition à la guerre d'agression menée contre l'Ukraine. Par conséquent, Alexander Samofal est responsable de graves violations des droits de l'homme, y compris d'actes de torture et d'autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants. (official source)

Per Global Affairs Canada (SEMA) (listed ):

SEMA Schedule 1, Part 1.1, Item 20 (official source)

Per UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) (listed ):

UKSL GHR0094 — Measures: Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction — There are reasonable grounds to suspect that Alexander SAMOFAL is an involved person under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 because he has been involved in activities that amount to a serious violation of an individual’s right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. As a member of the operational team that followed Vladimir Kara-Murza prior to two poisoning incidents, he engaged in and/or facilitated the near-fatal poisonings. (official source)

Per UK HM Treasury (OFSI) (listed ):

There are reasonable grounds to suspect that Alexander SAMOFAL is an involved person under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 because he has been involved in activities that amount to a serious violation of an individual’s right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. As a member of the operational team that followed Vladimir Kara-Murza prior to two poisoning incidents, he engaged in and/or facilitated the near-fatal poisonings. (official source)

Key properties

Date of birth
Place of birth
Moscou, République socialiste fédérative soviétique de Russie; Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; Moscow, Russia; Russia
Nationality
Russia
Position
Agent du Service fédéral de sécurité de la Fédération de Russie; Agent of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB)
Birth Country
ru
Country
RUSSIA
Gender
male
Notes
Alexander Samofal est un officier du Service fédéral de sécurité de la Fédération de Russie (FSB). En cette qualité, il a été personnellement impliqué dans une opération du FSB visant à assassiner une figure majeure de l'opposition russe, Wladimir Kara-Murza, au moyen d'une neurotoxine. Cet empoisonnement, qui a failli coûter la vie à Kara- Murza, a gravement altéré sa santé et a eu des répercussions négatives sur son état physique à long terme. Kara-Murza est un militant d'opposition de premier plan en Russie. Une procédure judiciaire à motivation politique fondée sur de fausses allégations a été engagée contre lui en 2022, après qu'il a accusé le Kremlin de commettre des crimes de guerre en Ukraine et condamné publiquement l'agression russe. En avril 2023, il a été condamné à 25 ans de détention dans une prison/un camp de travail de haute sécurité. La procédure judiciaire à son encontre a ciblé son militantisme et a servi de procès pour l'exemple en Russie afin d'étouffer les voix critiques à l'égard du régime en place exprimant leur opposition à la guerre d'agression menée contre l'Ukraine. Par conséquent, Alexander Samofal est responsable de graves violations des droits de l'homme, y compris d'actes de torture et d'autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants., Officer at the Federal Security Service (FSB) Second Service (the Service for Protecting the Constitutional System and Combating Terrorism)

Identifiers

OFSI Group ID
15878
UK Sanctions List Unique ID
GHR0094

Addresses

Military Unit 2568, FSB Border Service Academy, Russia
Military Unit 2568, FSB Border Service Academy, Golitsyno, Russia
Adresse (par le passé): Military Unit 2568, FSB Border Service Academy, Golitsyno, Fédération de Russie, Russia

Source list & list version

Source listList versionManifest SHA-256StatusVerify
Australian Sanctions Consolidated ListSanctions list
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
au_dfat_sanctions@2026-09-043391750c53486121List version (signing pending)
Canada Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List (SEMA)Sanctions list
Global Affairs Canada
ca_dfatd_sema_sanctions@2026-08-13fc57c0c9c99bc1a9List version (signing pending)
EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions ListSanctions list
European Union (Council / DG FISMA)
20260612-0010c83e632fea7709dList version (signing pending)manifest
Registre national des gelsSanctions list
Direction générale du Trésor
fr_tresor_gels_avoir@2026-09-03T11:52:46.0865293+02:00befdb75f35011f00List version (signing pending)
UK Sanctions List (UKSL)Sanctions list
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
gb_fcdo_uksl@2026-09-02a775be210dce0de9List version (signing pending)
UK OFSI Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions TargetsSanctions list
UK HM Treasury — Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)
20260610-0014d14d0d8a5584fffList version (signing pending)manifest

About these sources

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade administrative Consolidated List — UN and Australian autonomous sanctions entries, including individuals, entities and sanctioned vessels, with measure indicators and designation instruments. The underlying instruments and law control, and a consolidated list can lag an amendment.

What a match means: A match is an entry on Australia's official operational list. Escalate it as a genuine sanctions signal, then check the published measure flags and cited controlling instrument before deciding the legal restriction.

Canada's Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List, maintained by Global Affairs Canada as an administrative convenience list of persons under the Special Economic Measures Act and the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act. It does not cover all United Nations Act regulations or Criminal Code terrorist entities, and the underlying law controls.

What a match means: A match is an entry on Global Affairs Canada's official administrative list. The list has no force of law and may lag amendments, so review the cited regime and operative regulation before deciding the legal restriction; escalate it as a genuine screening signal rather than treating the list entry itself as the binding instrument.

The EU's Financial Sanctions Files (FSF) — the European Commission's administrative consolidated feed of persons, groups and entities subject to EU asset-freeze measures under Council CFSP decisions and implementing Regulations. The underlying legal acts control and a consolidated feed can lag an amendment.

What a match means: A match is an entry in the Commission's official operational feed. Escalate it as a genuine EU sanctions signal, then verify the cited programme and controlling Council Regulation before deciding the exact legal restriction.

France's Registre national des gels, published by the Direction générale du Trésor — the administrative national operational register combining EU, UN-implemented and French domestic asset-freeze measures while retaining each legal basis. The cited legal acts control and the consolidated register can lag an amendment.

What a match means: A match is an entry in France's official asset-freeze register. Preserve its French/EU/UN provenance and escalate it, then review each attached legal basis and effective date before deciding the controlling obligation.

The UK Sanctions List (UKSL), published by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — since 28 January 2026 the single, current source for all UK sanctions designations (financial, immigration, trade and transport measures), superseding the older OFSI Consolidated List.

What a match means: A match is a current, binding UK sanctions designation — treat as a direct compliance hit and escalate immediately.

The UK's former OFSI Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets, maintained by HM Treasury. OFSI closed this list on 28 January 2026 — current UK sanctions designations now publish only to the FCDO UK Sanctions List (also in this catalog) — and it is retained here as a historical source.

What a match means: A match reflects a UK financial-sanctions designation recorded before the 28 Jan 2026 cutover; check whether the same party also appears on the current UK Sanctions List, and treat either appearance as a genuine UK sanctions hit, not a stale false positive.

First observed ; last confirmed present in Australian Sanctions Consolidated List list version au_dfat_sanctions@2026-09-04, observed .

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