Russia imposes travel bans on 7 British defence executives

29 October 2026

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has banned 7 British nationals who are executives at British defence companies from entering Russia by listing them on the Russian “stop list” – press release. Entry bans for foreign nationals are made under Federal Law No. 114-FZ of 15 August 1996 (see our Russia legislation page for all Russian sanctions legislation).

Those designated are:

• Rotron Aerospace CEO Alex Edward Head, Chief Advisor Kev Oliver, and Chairman of the Board of Directors George Zambellas;

• MGI Engineering CEO Robert Michael Gascoigne;

• Malloy Aeronautics CEO Neil Appleton;

• Tekever UK Director Paul Webb;

• BAE Systems Chief Technology and Information Officer Julian Cracknell.

All designated people are executives at companies said to be supplying Ukraine with weapons and military technologies used to strike Russia.