- 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
- Lieutenant Colonel Denis Suvorov is the Commander of the 175th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division. At the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, his battalion was deployed as part of the division’s operations in Kyiv Oblast, including Bucha. His battalion’s reconnaissance activities supported the broader “cleansing operations” that led to documented war crimes. He personally participated in torturing civilians during the Russian occupation of Bucha in March 2022. Therefore, Denis Suvorov is supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability and security in Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026