On 2 March 2021, the Council of the European Union imposed a set of restrictive measures against Zolotov saying he was "responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests and detentions and systematic and widespread violations of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, in particular by violently repressing protests and demonstrations."
On 2 March 2021, the Council of the European Union implemented a series of restrictive actions against Zolotov, who was deemed accountable for grave human rights transgressions in Russia, encompassing arbitrary arrests, restrictions on assembly, and violent crackdowns on protests.