Britain added seven FSB officers to the sanctions list, as it considered them involved in the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The list includes (positions and titles are given in the sanctions document):
Kirill Vasiliev , general, director of the Institute of Criminalistics of the FSB. This unit, the document says, is responsible for the poisoning of Navalny, and, as its head, Vasiliev, according to London, is responsible for what happened. He may also be linked to the operatives involved in the poisoning, Britain claims.Aleksey Sedov , Colonel General (data from open sources), head of the Second Service of the FSB (Service for the Protection of the Constitutional System and the Fight against Terrorism). He, according to London, is responsible for the work of the unit that took part in the poisoning.
Alexey Alexandrov (Alexey Frolov), forensic operative. The document clarifies that there is evidence, including phone data and information about movements, that Aleksandrov was in Tomsk at the time Navalny was poisoned. Vladimir Panyaev , FSB officer. Panyaev also, according to London, was in Tomsk and participated in the preparations for the poisoning of the oppositionist. Ivan Osipov (Ivan Spiridonov), forensic operative. Also, according to Britain, he was in Tomsk and participated in the preparation of the poisoning. Vladimir Bogdanov, major general, head of the FSB Special Equipment Center, former director of the Institute of Criminalistics. London believes that, as head of the Center for Special Equipment, Bogdanov "provided support or facilitated the actions of the operatives who carried out the operation." The document also says that Bogdanov was in close contact with Stanislav Makshakov, "the commander of a group of operatives who used chemical weapons in the assassination attempt on Navalny." Stanislav Makshakov , Deputy Director of the Institute of Criminalistics of the FSB.All FSB officers included in the list will have their assets frozen, if any, in Britain, and they will also be banned from entering the country.
CNN reported on the involvement of 8 FSB officers in the poisoning of Navalny Politics