Russian WCF Rep/Malofeev Ally Faces U.S. Sanctions Charges

On 3 March 2025, Glob­al Project Against Hate and Extrem­ism report­ed that Alex­ey Komov, a close asso­ciate of Russ­ian oli­garch Kon­stan­tin Mal­ofeev and rep­re­sen­ta­tive of Amer­i­can anti-LGBTQ+ groups, has been indict­ed by U.S. author­i­ties for sanc­tions vio­la­tions. The arti­cle begins:

On Decem­ber 12, 2024, Alex­ey Komov, a close ally of Russ­ian oli­garch Kon­stan­tin Mal­ofeev (pro­nounced Mal­ofeyev) and a vari­ety of anti-LGBTQ+ groups in the West includ­ing promi­nent Amer­i­can orga­ni­za­tions such as Alliance Defend­ing Free­dom and World Con­gress of Fam­i­lies, was for­mal­ly indict­ed on charges of “con­spir­a­cy” and “vio­la­tions of U.S. sanc­tions.” Komov’s close rela­tion­ships with promi­nent anti-LGBTQ+ groups in the US and abroad demon­strates the key role influ­en­tial Putin allies play in anti-rights cir­cles. Now with Trump in office, and being such a fan of Putin, efforts to hold these oli­garchs account­able are being shut down. Komov is the long­time col­league of Mal­ofeev, and is respon­si­ble for direct­ing sev­er­al of the polit­i­cal projects Mal­ofeev pro­vides funds for through his char­i­ty, the St. Basil The Great Foun­da­tion (Фонд святителя Василия Великого). The two charges Komov faces are in rela­tion to aid he pro­vid­ed Mal­ofeev, who has been under sanc­tions by the Unit­ed States since around 2014, both of which car­ry a max­i­mum penal­ty of 20 years in prison…

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Key Points:

• Komov serves as Rus­si­a’s rep­re­sen­ta­tive to the World Con­gress of Fam­i­lies, con­nect­ing Amer­i­can con­ser­v­a­tive groups with Russ­ian nation­al­ist interests.
• Mal­ofeev, nick­named “God’s Oli­garch,” funds inter­na­tion­al Chris­t­ian nation­al­ist caus­es while sup­port­ing Russ­ian sep­a­ratists in Ukraine.
• Jus­tice Depart­ment alleges Komov helped trans­fer own­er­ship of shell com­pa­nies and invest­ments to cir­cum­vent U.S. sanctions.
• Task Force Klep­to­Cap­ture that coor­di­nat­ed the inves­ti­ga­tion was shut down by the Trump admin­is­tra­tion in Jan­u­ary 2025.

For a detailed look at Kon­stan­tin Mal­ofeev and his net­work, go here.

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