Today, Thursday 8 October, the UK Government has amended 3 designations under the Russia Sanctions Regime. Furthermore, 1 designation under the Libya Sanctions Regime has been amended.
Amended Entities:
Name: Unique ID: FEDERALNOE KAZENNOE PREDPRIIATIE GOSUDARSTVENNYI NAUCHNO ISSLEDOVATELSKII INSTITUT KHIMICHESKIKH PRODUKTOV RUS2436 Kinloss Property Limited LIB0016 Amended Individuals:
The Russia Sanctions Notice:
Sanctions Notice: 8 October 2026
Regime: Russia
Amendments:
The following entity has been corrected and is still subject to the sanctions listed:
OFSI Sanctions Type: Asset freeze, Trust Services Sanctions, Director Disqualification Sanction
FEDERALNOE KAZENNOE PREDPRIIATIE GOSUDARSTVENNYI NAUCHNO ISSLEDOVATELSKII INSTITUT KHIMICHESKIKH PRODUKTOV
- Other information: The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
- UK statement of reasons: Federalnoe Kazennoe Predpriiatie Gosudarstvennyi Nauchno Issledovatelskii Institut Khimicheskikh Produktov is an “involved person” under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because it is or has been involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia by carrying on business as a Government of Russia-affiliated entity and by carrying on business in a sector of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian defence sector.
- Type of entities: Research Institute
- Subsidiaries: NEKOMMERCHESKAYA ORGANIZATSIYA SOYUZ ROSSIISKIKH ORUZHEINIKOV IMENI M.T. KALASHNIKOVA
- Parent companies: Rostec, Federal Agency FOR State Property Management
- Business registration numbers: OGRN: 1021603067683, INN: 1656003409, KPP: 165601001
- Name variations: Federal State Enterprise “State Research Institute of Chemical Products”; Federal State Institution State Research Institute of Chemical Products; Federalne kazenne pidpryiemstvo “Derzhavnyi naukovo-doslidnyi instytut khimichnykh produktiv”; FKP GOSNIIKHP; Gosniikhp; Gosudarstvennyi Nauchno-Issledovatelskii Institut Khimicheskikh Produktov; Issledovatelskii Institut Khimicheskikh Produktov
- Names (non-Latin script):
- Федеральне казенне підприємство “Державний науково-дослідний інститут хімічних продуктів” (script type: Cyrillic; script language: Russian)
- Федеральное казенное предприятие “Государственный научно исследовательский институт химических продуктов” (script type: Cyrillic; script language: Russian)
- ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ КАЗЕННОЕ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЕ “ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ НАУЧНО-ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКИЙ ИНСТИТУТ ХИМИЧЕСКИХ ПРОДУКТОВ” (script type: Cyrillic; script language: Russian)
- ФКП “ГОСНИИХП” (script type: Cyrillic; script language: Russian)
- Address: 1 Ul. Svetlaya D. Kazan, 420033, Russia
- Phone numbers: +7 (843) 555-68-30, +7 (843) 564-60-03, +7 (843) 560-20-12
- Websites: https://www.gniihp.ru/
- Email addresses: gniihp@list.ru
- Designation source: UK
- Date designated: 24/02/2025
- Last updated: 08/10/2026
- OFSI group ID: 16799
- Party Type: Entity
- Unique ID: RUS2436 | OFSI Regime: The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
List of Changes:
- Field Name: Name
- Deleted: Gosudarstvennyi Nauchno (a Primary Name Variation; the struck name line is followed by an unmarked “Name type: Primary Name Variation” line)
- Field Name: Name type
- Deleted: Primary Name Variation (struck on the line that follows “Name: Gosniikhp”, which is itself unmarked; the notice strikes one name and one name type, but not on the same entry, so the markup does not say which name the struck type belonged to. The effect is that one Primary Name Variation entry, “Gosudarstvennyi Nauchno”, is removed)
- Field Name: Last updated
- Changed: 09/04/2025 to: 08/10/2026
The following individuals have been corrected and are still subject to the sanctions listed:
OFSI Sanctions Type: Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Trust Services Sanctions, Director Disqualification Sanction
Mamuka PIPIA
- UK statement of reasons: The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Mamuka Pipia is an involved person under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: Mamuka PIPIA is or has been involved in providing support or promoting any policy or action which destabilises Ukraine or undermines or threatens the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine. In his capacity as the leader and international secretary of the Georgian political party Solidarity for Peace, he led a delegation of Georgian politicians who met with the head of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, and subsequently publicised the visit. He has also promoted Russian disinformation narratives.
- Dobs: 23/05/1977
- Nationalities: Georgia, Russia
- Positions: International Secretary, Solidarity for Peace
- Genders: Male
- Town of birth: Kvarchele
- Country of birth: Georgia
- Name variation: Mamuka PIPYA
- Names (non-Latin script):
- მამუკა ფიფია (script type: Georgian; script language: Georgian)
- Мамука Пипия (script type: Cyrillic; script language: Russian)
- Designation source: UK
- Date designated: 01/10/2026
- Last updated: 08/10/2026
- Party Type: Individual
- Unique ID: RUS3730 | OFSI Regime: The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
List of Changes:
- Field Name: Name type
- Added: Variation (the marked word completes “Primary Name Variation” on the Name type line that follows “Name: Mamuka PIPYA”; the rest of the line, “Primary Name”, is unmarked and no deletion is marked, so the markup alone does not show what, if anything, it replaced)
- Field Name: Last updated
- Changed: 01/10/2026 to: 08/10/2026
Viktor Leonidovich BEDRIK
- UK statement of reasons: The Secretary of State considers there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Viktor Leonidovich BEDRIK (hereafter BEDRIK) is an involved person under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the grounds that BEDRIK is or has been involved in destabilising Ukraine or undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine as a person who is responsible for, engages in, provides support for, or promotes policies or actions which destabilise Ukraine or undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine, n amely serving as military commandant of occupied Kherson region and directing, facilitating and participating in the unlawful detention, torture and mistreatment of civilians through the Russian occupation military commandant’s office in Kherson.
- Dobs: 29/08/1970
- Passport number: 6015 847522
- Nationalities: Russia
- Positions: Military Commandant of Kherson Region, Russian occupation administration
- Genders: Male
- Name (non-Latin script): БЕДРИК Виктор Леонидович (script type: Cyrillic; script language: Russian)
- Address: Shmulevicha Street, 14, bldg. 6, apt. 55 Vladikavkaz North Ossetia – Alania, Russia
- Email addresses: bedrik.v70@mail.ru
- Designation source: UK
- Date designated: 01/10/2026
- Last updated: 08/10/2026
- Party Type: Individual
- Unique ID: RUS3726 | OFSI Regime: The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
List of Changes:
- Field Name: Passport number
- Deleted: № (the only marked text; the value changes from “6015 № 847522” to “6015 847522”)
- Field Name: Last updated
- Changed: 01/10/2026 to: 08/10/2026
The Libya Sanctions Notice:
Sanctions Notice: 8 October 2026
Regime: Libya
Amendments:
The following entity has been corrected and is still subject to the sanctions listed:
OFSI Sanctions Type: Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction
Kinloss Property Limited
- Other information: The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
- UK statement of reasons: Subsidiary of the Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company, which is itself a subsidiary of the Libyan Investment Authority.
- Business registration numbers: 1534407 (BVI)
- Address: Woodbourne Hall PO Box 3162 Road Town Tortola British Virgin Islands
- Designation source: UK
- Date designated: 31/12/2020
- Last updated: 08/10/2026
- OFSI group ID: 11769
- Party Type: Entity
- Unique ID: LIB0016 | OFSI Regime: The Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
List of Changes:
- Field Name: Other information
- Deleted: Based on British Virgin Islands (the unmarked remainder, “The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.”, is unchanged)
- Field Name: Last updated
- Changed: 09/04/2025 to: 08/10/2026
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