- 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
- Alexander Ponomarenko is a Russian oligarch and former Chairman of the Board of Sheremetyevo International Airport, to which he is still linked as a shareholder. He is involved in the financing of the palace complex near Gelendzhik, which is personally used by President Putin. Therefore, Alexander Ponomarenko supports and benefits from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026