- 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
- Colonel Artem Gorodilov is the Commander of the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade and the former Commander of the 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment, which is part of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division. The 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment participated in a massacre of civilians in Bucha when that city was occupied by Russian troops in the early days of the war. Artem Gorodilov led the 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment at the time and was present in Bucha where hundreds of civilians died, in some cases as a result of brutal executions. Therefore, Artem Gorodilov is supporting actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability and security in Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026