- 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
- Natalya Desyatova was appointed in Jul 2022 as the director of the Kherson Fine Arts Museum by the Russian authorities. When Kherson was still under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, the cultural property of the Kherson Fine Arts Museum was removed from the museum in Oct and Nov 2022 and taken illegally to Simferopol, in illegally annexed Crimea. This was done under Desyatova’s control and with the assistance of Russian security forces. In taking on and acting in this capacity, Natalya Desyatova is responsible for supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026