- 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
- Artem Yamshchikov is the owner and General Director of OOO TSK Vektor, a company within the Russian military-industrial complex. OOO TSK Vektor has acted as an intermediary between IEMZ Kupol, a subsidiary of Russian state-owned arms company Almaz-Antey, and Chinese suppliers manufacturing long-range attack drones of the type Garpiya-3 (G3), which are developed and produced for use in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. In particular, OOO TSK Vektor has received components from Redlepus TSK Vektor Industrial (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd and Juhang Aviation Technology Shenzhen Co. Limited, including parts from Xiamen Limbach, a Chinese entity producing L550 drone engines. Therefore, Artem Yamshchikov is a natural person supporting materially actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026