- 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
- Vyacheslav Manucharov is a Russian TV presenter, blogger and actor. He is the host of a show called “Empatiya Manuchi”. Vyacheslav Manucharov continuously justifies Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and his public statements on Ukraine correspond with the rhetoric of Russia’s officials and propagandists. In 2023, the Russian Ministry of Defence awarded him the medal “for achievements in military-political work”. Through the show “Empatiya Manuchi”, he propagates narratives in line with the Kremlin’s propaganda. Manucharov was a trusted representative of President Vladimir Putin in 2018 and 2024 in Russian Federation presidential elections and he visited several times the illegally occupied regions in Ukraine to spread the Kremlin’s propaganda. Therefore, Vyacheslav Manucharov is 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