- 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
- Aleksey Rtishchev is Head of the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops, a unit forming part of the Russian Ministry of Defence. The Radiological, Chemical and Biological Troops systematically employ chemical weapons against Ukraine as part of a wider Russian strategy to weaken and destabilise Ukraine. Therefore, Aleksey Rtishchev is supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine as well as stability and security in Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026