- 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
- Maxim Smirnov is a Russian military serviceman from the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division based at Engels-2 airbase in Saratov, Russia. In July 2024, a Kh-101 missile strike carried out by that Division hit the Okhmadyt children’s hospital in Kyiv. As a serviceman from the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, Maxim Smirnov 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