Sergei Shoigu
Former Russian Defense Minister and now Security Council secretary. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for him in 2024 over alleged attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. Broadly sanctioned.
Ramzan Kadyrov
Head of the Chechen Republic, sanctioned by the United States and others over a long record of alleged human rights abuses documented by international rights groups.
Valery Gerasimov
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for him in 2024 over alleged attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. Sanctioned.
Hamas
Islamic Resistance Movement
Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist political and military organization that has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007. Designated a terrorist organization by the US, EU, and others, it carried out the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, killing over 1,200 civilians and taking 250 hostages.