[3] Due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he is under sanctions from the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries.

[1] From 1985 to 1989, he was a cadet of the Tashkent Higher Tank Command Order of Lenin School named after twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of Armored Forces P. S. Rybalko.

In 2015, he was a student at the Faculty of National Security and State Defense of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, which he graduated two years later.

[5] On 2 August 2022, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Sanchik was included in Canada's sanctions list of "regime associates" as "involved in the unprovoked and unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the Bucha massacre".

[8][9] On 25 February 2023, he was added to the sanctions list of all EU countries for supporting and carrying out actions that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.”[1] For similar reasons, he is under sanctions from Switzerland, Ukraine, Japan and New Zealand.