- 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
- Zima was appointed as the new head of the Crimean Security Service (SBU) on 3 Mar 2014 by "Prime Minister" Aksyonov and accepted this appointment. He has given relevant information including a database to the Russian Intelligence Service (FSB). This included information on Euro-Maidan activists and human rights defenders of Crimea. He played a relevant role in preventing Ukraine’s authorities from controlling the territory of Crimea. On 11 Mar 2014, the formation of an independent Security Service of Crimea was proclaimed by former SBU officers of Crimea. Active since 2015 in the Russian Intelligence Service (FSB).
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026