Yury Napso

On February 23, 2022, he was included in the European Union sanctions list for "supporting and implementing actions and policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine, and that further destabilize Ukraine".^[7][8]

On February 24, 2022, he was added to Canada’s sanctions list of "close associates of the regime" for voting in favor of recognizing the independence of the "so-called republics in Donetsk and Luhansk".^[9][10]

On March 24, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he was included in the U.S. sanctions list for "complicity in Putin’s war" and "supporting the Kremlin’s efforts to invade Ukraine".^[11][12][13] The U.S. Department of State stated that members of the State Duma use their powers to persecute dissent and political opponents, violate freedom of information, and restrict the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Russian citizens.^[14][15]

Subsequently, on similar grounds, he was also sanctioned by the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, Japan, and New Zealand.^[16][17]

Yuri Napso is married and has four children. His wife, Veronika Valeryevna Ivanchikova, is a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai representing the LDPR party. His brother, Roman Napso, is a deputy of the Sochi City Assembly representing the United Russia party. Yuri Napso’s father, the former director of the Tuapsinsky meat processing plant, was murdered in 2002 near the building of the Arbitration Court of Krasnodar. The perpetrator was a 70-year-old opponent of Ais Napso who was detained immediately after the crime. According to the assailant, a resident of Karaevsk, Ais Napso owed him money for meat supplied to the plant, which had been the subject of a claim filed with the arbitration court.^[18][19]