- 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
- Former Member of the State Duma, elected from the illegally annexed Autonomous "Republic of Crimea". Former Deputy Chairperson of the Duma Committee on ethnic affairs. In 2014, Balbek was appointed as a Deputy Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the so-called “Republic of Crimea” and worked in this capacity for the integration of the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula into the Russian Federation, for which he has been awarded with a medal “For the Defence of the ‘Republic of Crimea’”. He has supported the annexation of Crimea in public statements, including on his profile on the United Russia (Crimean branch) website and a press article published on the NTV website on 3 Jul 2016. Remains active in supporting separatist actions and policies.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026