- 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
- Vladimir Bobrov is the former Director of MG-Flot LLC (previously known as TransMorFlot LLC). MG-Flot LLC is a Russian shipping company providing logistical support to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. In particular, MG-Flot LLC is involved in a military transportation network of Russian cargo vessels shipping North Korean armaments from Pyongyang to military facilities in the Russian port of Dunai. Subsequently, North Korean munitions transported by MG-Flot LLC are transferred to depots on Russia’s western border to be deployed in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Additionally, vessels owned by MG-Flot LLC have been involved in weapons shipments from Iran to aid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, in his capacity as Director of MG-Flot LLC, Vladimir Bobrov 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