- 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
- Igor Solonin is the General Director of the Mariupol Republican Order of the Badge of Honour Russian Drama Theatre (MRDT). In 2022, the Mariupol Drama Theatre was bombed by the Russian forces, and later was restored, renamed, reorganised and financed with the help of the Russian institutions. This theatre is not only used to spread Russian culture in the occupied regions of Ukraine under Russian control, but also to establish the propaganda narrative that this theatre was destroyed by the Ukrainian Nazis. As the General Director, Igor Solonin actively participates in the activities of the theatre and in attracting funding from Russian-appointed government representatives in the occupied Donetsk region. Therefore, in his role Igor Solonin is supporting 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