- 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
- Yakov Kedmi (Kazakov) is a political commentator and regular participant on State TV and pro-Kremlin propaganda shows. His statements on Ukraine match the most controversial claims of Russian officials and propagandists. Yaakov Kedmi (Kazakov) has criticised Ukraine, accused the Ukrainian leadership of Nazism, and of being a military threat to the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk Peoples’ Republics and Russia. He has justified Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, saying it was inevitable. Yakov Kedmi (Kazakov) has stated that Russia needs to control Ukrainian territories and questioned Ukraine’s statehood. He has claimed that any territory of Ukraine remaining under Ukrainian control will be a threat to Russia, as it will turn into a military base to be used against Russia. He has not excluded the option that the Russian army would occupy all of Ukraine, completely destroying the Ukrainian army and completely liquidating the current Ukrainian leadership. Therefore Yakov Kedmi (Kazakov)is responsible for 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