- 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
- Aleksandr Andreyevich Zhdanov is a limited partner in UrSeCo Handels GmbH & Co. KG, a German company that supplies high-purity hydrogen chloride (HCl) produced by Wacker Chemie AG, a critical chemical for semiconductor wafer processing, to LLP “United Trading Group” (Kazakhstan). The founder of LLP “United Trading Group”, Alimzhan Bekov, is also a representative of UrSeCo Handels GmbH & Co. KG. “United Trading Group” then supplies HCl to the Russian company LLC “Siltron”. Aleksandr Andreyevich Zhdanov is the father of Aleksandr Zhdanov, the majority shareholder of LLC “Siltron”. Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, it is prohibited for Union operators to export HC1 to an entity in Russia. Through his financial interests in UrSeCo Handels and his familial connection to Aleksandr Zhdanov who is the majority shareholder of LLC “Siltron”, Aleksandr Andreyevich Zhdanov participates in activities that circumvent the Union’s restrictive measures, specifically Article 3k (1) of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014. Therefore, Aleksandr Andreyevich Zhdanov is facilitating infringements of the prohibition against circumvention of the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 and Decision 2014/512/CFSP.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026