- Programme
- Situation in Ukraine
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine (RS 946.231.176.72), Art. 15 para. 1 and 4 (Financial sanctions) and art. 29 para. 1 (Travel ban), annexe 8
- Stated grounds
- Kirill Vyshinsky is a Russian propagandist. He is an executive director of the Rossiya Segodnya, a Russian government-linked media group which is funded from the federal budget of the Russian Federation. Through its subordinate media outlet, Sputnik, Rossiya
Segodnya spread pro-Kremlin propaganda and disinformation on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Kirill Vyshinsky is also a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. Therefore, he is responsible for supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026