{"raw_record_id":"42a20868-2f57-4a66-9e2b-dfaeba7ea56d","external_id":"member:OJ:L_202601708:89","record_hash":"ccbcda578398a850d48ec13cf0c489b2602e55fa910ec98bc77b2f1736874ff3","raw_record":{"gender":"male","source":"EUR-Lex","aliases":["Дмитрий Валерьянович ГАЧКО"],"reasons":["Dmitry Gachko is the General Director and ultimate owner of the limited liability company VAS Experts, which manufactures, develops and sells hardware and software related to the so-called System of Operative Investigative Measures (SORM). In his position as General Director and ultimate owner, he is responsible for VAS Experts’ activities relating to the manufacture and supply of SORM-related hardware and software.","SORM is a surveillance system used since the mid-1990s to control internet and mobile communications in Russia, namely the monitoring of phone calls, emails, internet use, text messages and social networks. Mobile phones and internet providers are legally required to install SORM. It is installed in all Russian data centres and at all internet exchange points and within major search engines. User traffic is copied to a separate server or to a data centre available to the Federal Security Service (FSB).","SORM gathers information about users’ physical location, activity patterns, time of device use, users’ behaviour and the use of different SIM cards in one or more devices. It can be used retroactively and without the provider’s knowledge.","SORM has been used to target journalists, opposition figures, minority groups and ordinary citizens. It has also been used to prosecute supporters of the Russian opposition, leaders such as Alexei Navalny, organisers of protests, individuals who ran internet accounts critical of the Russian authorities or produced reports on the political situations and activists who opposed the war of aggression against Ukraine. SORM has also been used to pre-emptively detain individuals suspected of anti-government activities. SORM has had a profound impact on the ability of Russian citizens to access unbiased information about the war of aggression against Ukraine. It was also used to block traffic from, and access to, thousands of Western websites and services.","VAS Experts is involved in the development, supply and maintenance of SORM, including hardware and software integrated into telecoms networks, therefore allowing intelligence agencies to directly access all traffic. VAS Experts is a key supplier of SORM that complies with interception requirements mandated by the FSB and supports the operation of Russia’s communications surveillance infrastructure. VAS Experts operates within a framework established and supervised by the Russian authorities. These authorities approve technical requirements for SORM deployment, require operators to coordinate implementation plans, oversee compliance and use the equipment for direct interception activities. Consequently, VAS Experts develops and supplies equipment specifically designed to satisfy surveillance requirements established by the FSB.","Therefore, Dmitry Gachko provides material support for serious violations and abuses of human rights and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition."],"legal_act":{"oj_id":"202601708","title":"COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/1708 of 13 July 2026 implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Russia","eli_url":"https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1708/oj","celex_id":"32026R1708","annex_ref":"Annex IV","fetch_url":"https://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/0bf57705-7e9c-11f1-bf5e-01aa75ed71a1.0006.03/DOC_1","act_number":"2026/1708","base_celex":"32024R1485","regime_name":"Russia human rights","program_code":"EU-2024-1485","declared_rows":16,"expected_rows":16,"amendment_date":"2026-07-13","structural_rows":16},"birth_date":"1976-08-16","name_lines":["Dmitry Valerianovich GACHKO","(Russian: Дмитрий Валерьянович ГАЧКО)"],"row_number":"89","birth_date_text":"16.8.1976","date_designated":"2026-07-13","identifying_information":["Position: General Director and ultimate owner of VAS Experts","DOB: 16.8.1976","Nationality: Russian","Gender: male"]},"snapshot_id":"cd0cc155-c145-4f42-abaf-8d0bb9dbf5c0","snapshot_sha256":"710f7ce7b7c7f01ddb5c011129fa5e76fe40fc7705d8dc01a000f763f19edb7e","fetched_at":"2026-09-04T10:38:54.240683+00:00","source_name":"EUR-Lex","source_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/","document_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202601708"}