- 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
- Vladimir Evgenievych Avetisyan is a majority shareholder in and beneficial owner of several companies with business interests in various sectors of the Russian economy such as banking and, in particular, the energy sector. He is a majority shareholder in and the ultimate owner of “Srednevolzhskaya gazovaya kompaniya”, a provider of gas distribution through mains, which ranks 12th by revenue in this sector on the Russian market, and a majority shareholder and ultimate owner of Public Joint Stock Company “Samaraenergo”, a major electric energy producer and distributor. He is also a majority shareholder in and the ultimate owner of another company active in gas distribution “Samaragaz” and a minority shareholder in electricity transmission company “Samarskaya elektrosetevaya kompaniya”. Finally, he is a minority shareholder in and a member of the Board of Directors of Joint Stock Company “Gazbank”, which is active in the banking sector. Therefore, Vladimir Evgenievych Avetisyan is a businessperson involved in economic sectors providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine and also a leading businessperson operating in Russia.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026