- 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
- Nikolay Levychev has served as a member of the Central Election Committee of the Russian Federation (CEC) since 2021. During his tenure, the CEC has been responsible for organising illegal referenda in 2022, as well as illegal elections in September 2023, in occupied parts of Ukraine, thus attempting to legitimise the Russian war of aggression of
those parts. In this role, Nikolay Levychev 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