- 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
- Colonel Yuri Pyzhik is a military pilot and Commander of the Belarusian 61st Fighter Air Base/Baranovichi airfield. He is part of the Belarusian army, which has supported Russian military aggression against Ukraine. In this capacity, he participated in the joint military exercises of Russia and Belarus preceding the military build-up at the Ukrainian border which prepared the Russian military aggression of 24 February 2022. He is therefore responsible for and actively supporting actions undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, as well as stability and security in Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026