- 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
- Yan Leshchenko is a deputy of the so-called “People’s Council” of the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic”. Leshchenko is also the regional coordinator of the actions of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in the occupied territory of Luhansk. He has supported the war in actions and in public statements, including supporting specific attacks by Russia on Ukrainian territory. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he is supporting and implementing actions or policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026