Igor Olegovich KostyukovPerson

Also known as

• Игорь Олегович КОСТЮКОВ (Cyrl)

Designations

• Designated by UK HM Treasury (OFSI) under program Chemical Weapons since 2020-12-31. Other entities under Chemical Weapons
• Designated by UK HM Treasury (OFSI) under program Cyber since 2020-12-31. Other entities under Cyber

Source remarks: CHW0009 and CYB0011 — Igor Olegovich Kostyukov, given his senior leadership role as First Deputy Head of the GRU (a.k.a. GU) at that time, is responsible for the possession, transport and use in Salisbury during the weekend of 4 March 2018 of the toxic nerve agent “Novichok” by officers from the GRU. Igor Kostyukov is the Head of the Russian General Staff’s Main Intelligence Department (GRU), and was previously First Deputy Head. In this capacity, Igor Kostyukov is responsible for cyber attacks carried out by the 85th Main Centre of Special Services (GTsSS), also referred to as Field Post Number 26165, APT28, Fancy Bear, Sofacy Group, Pawn Storm, Strontium. These attacks include the cyber attack against the German federal parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) in April and May 2015. The cyber attack against the German federal parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) targeted the parliament’s information system and affected its operation for several days. A significant amount of data was stolen and e-mail accounts of several MPs as well as Chancellor Angela Merkel were affected. (official source)

Key properties

Date of birth

1961-01-211961-02-21

Place of birth

Amur Oblast

Nationality

Russia

Position

Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU/GU). Head of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Department (GRU) of the Russian Federation

Source list & list version

Last confirmed present in UK OFSI Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets list version gb_hmt_ofsi@2026-06-03, observed 2026-06-03.

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