In parliament Sablin is head of the State Duma group that oversees ties between Russian and Syrian lawmakers.
Support for military unit 74455 According to
Meduza, the Rota Development holding company () owned by Sablin, who is strongly supported by his assistant Valery V. Zaborovsky (), built the
GRU associated 20-story "Khimki Tower" or simply "The Tower" () or "Novator Tower" (), which is located at 22 Kirova Street in the Moscow suburb of
Khimki and allegedly houses the
military unit 74455 ().
Robert Mueller alleged that military unit 74455
supported DCLeaks and the
hacking of the
DNC email accounts. As of 22 April 2024, the UK MoD claimed that Dmitry Sables created a new BARS unit, a
Bars Kaskad drone unit, far behind the front line for VIPs and Kremlin elite. With additional security, it allows VIPs to serve in Ukraine with a reduced risk of harm. On 16 April 2024, the husband of Russian blogger Yelena Blinovskaya, Alexei Blinovskiy served in it.
Sanctions On September 30, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was added to the U.S. sanctions list in response to "sham referendums" and the "annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russian occupation forces." The U.S. Department of State noted that deputies unanimously adopted legislation on fake news, with some deputies playing a key role in disseminating Russian disinformation about the war. On December 16, 2022, he was included in the sanctions list of the 27 countries of the European Union for supporting and implementing policies undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine, as he "voted for the illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions." On February 23, 2023, he was placed on Canada's sanctions list targeting "regime associates," as he "voted for legislation related to the invasion and attempted annexation of four Ukrainian regions." Earlier, he was included on similar grounds in the sanctions lists of Switzerland, Ukraine, and New Zealand. == Personal life ==