- 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
- Viktor Zinkov is a judge of the “Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea” established by Russia’s occupying force in the illegally annexed Crimea. He took politically motivated decisions against the Ukrainian citizens who opposed the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol. He sentenced Nariman Dzhelyal, a pro-Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar politician, activist and Deputy Chairperson of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, to 17 years imprisonment. Therefore, Viktor Zinkov 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