- 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
- Olga Nikishina is Deputy Head of the Department for Supporting the Activities of the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights. The Russian Federation is involved in the illegal transportation of Ukrainian children to Russia and their adoption by Russian families. Those actions violate the rights of Ukrainian children and infringe Ukrainian law and administrative order. As Deputy Head of the Department for Supporting the Activities of the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, she is supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Furthermore, she is associated with Maria Lvova-Belova.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026