- 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
- Alimzhan Bekov is the founder and Director of LLP “United Trading Group”, a Kazakhstan-based company. He is also a representative of UrSeCo Handels GmbH & Co. KG. The German company UrSeCo Handels GmbH & Co. KG supplies high-purity hydrogen chloride (HCl) produced by Wacker Chemie AG, a critical chemical for semiconductor wafer processing, to “United Trading Group” (Kazakhstan). “United Trading Group” then supplies HCl to the Russian companies LLC “Siltron” and Electronsnab. The supply chain goes through Poland, Türkiye and Kazakhstan. LLC “Siltron” is directly connected to UrSeCo Handels as one of the partners in UrSeCo is the father of the majority shareholder of LLC “Siltron”. Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, it is prohibited for Union operators to export HC1 to an entity in Russia. Alimzhan Bekov is therefore facilitating infringements of the prohibition against circumvention of the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 and Decision 2014/512/CFSP.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026