Konashenkov Igor Evgenevich
Lieutenant General, Head of the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
In short
- Who
- Position: Lieutenant General, Head of the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
- Last event
- April 8, 2022 — Included in the European Union's sanctions list
- Verifiability
- 1 source
Case summary
Konashenkov Igor Yevgenyevich is a Lieutenant General, Head of the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
According to open registries, he is one of those responsible for organizing a state-level information campaign to deny facts of war crimes committed by Russian servicemen during the open military invasion of Ukraine. The dossier also contains information about his education.
Since April 8, 2022, he has been under European Union sanctions (EU Council Regulation 2022/581) as responsible for manipulating information and spreading disinformation about Russian military actions in Ukraine; he is also an official representative (press secretary) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, regularly making statements about the course of hostilities.
Lies to the public
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Timeline of events
- 8 апреля 2022 г.SanctionsIncluded in the European Union's sanctions list
The EU Council included Konashenkov in the sanctions list (Regulation (EU) 2022/581) as responsible for manipulating information and spreading disinformation about Russian military actions in Ukraine.
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