UK Sanctions Firms, Employees Working in Russian Information Sector

The U.K. on Oct. 28 designated three entities and three people that it said are working in Russia's information, communications and digital technologies sector, including Moscow-based firms Structura, the Social Design Agency and Ano Dialog. The U.K. also sanctioned Ilya Andreevich Gambashidze, director of Structura and the Social Design Agency; Andrey Naumovich Perla, program director of the Social Design Agency; and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tupikin, the general director of Structura.

The U.S. sanctioned all six entities and people earlier this year for helping the Russian government carry out foreign influence campaigns (see 2403200041 and 2409040038).