- 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
- Until 25 March 2016 so-called “Supreme Council Chair of the Luhansk People’s Republic”, responsible for the separatist “governmental” activities of the “Supreme Council”, responsible for asking the Russian Federation to recognise the independence of the “Luhansk People’s Republic”. Signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding on the “Novorossiya union”. Former member of the so-called “People’s Council of the Luhansk People’s Republic”. Remains active in supporting separatist actions or policies. Currently, Karyakin is a Chairman of the Regional Branch of the Public-State Organisation “Assembly of the Peoples of Russia” of the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic”. He is also fighting on the front line in Ukraine as part of the Russian 7th Assault Brigade.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026