- 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
- Elena Shmeleva is the Co-Chairman of the Central Headquarters of the All-Russia People’s Front. Under her leadership, the People’s Front provides support for Russia’s war against Ukraine, including through the social campaign “All for Victory!”, including collecting physical and financial donations to support the military units of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” and so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic”. She is also the Head of the educational fund “Talent and Success” and Chairman of the Sirius Federal Territory Council. In this latter role, she is responsible for discussions with the authorities of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” regarding opening Russian educational centres in the Donetsk region. Elena Shmeleva is therefore 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