- 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
- Elena Ivanova is General Director at the Russian military-industrial-complex company JSC Central Research Institute of Materials Named After D.I. Mendeleev that oversees the research and development of military technologies and owns several production facilities that play an important role in deploying such technologies, in particular in combat operations on the territory of Ukraine. Elena Ivanova has personally worked on and led projects that improved various pieces of military equipment including fighter jet SU-57, tank T-14, main tank armament 2A46M and self-propelled artillery 2S35. Therefore, Elena Ivanova is supporting actions which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Furthermore, in her role she is supporting materially and benefitting from the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026