- 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
- Nikolay Ovchinnikov is the General Director of Russian military industry company Zavod no 9. The company manufactures towed guns, including the D-30A howitzer, and tank guns for T-62, T-72 and T-90 tanks. D-30 howitzers and T-62, T-72 and T-90 tanks are
used by the Russian Armed Forces during Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Moreover, the company is a supplier of the Russian Armed Forces. Therefore, in his position, Nikolay Ovchinnikov is supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Moreover, he is supporting materially and benefitting from the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026