- 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
- Elena Romanovskaya is the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the so-called Republic of Crimea and “Minister of Labor and Social Protection” of the so-called Republic of Crimea, appointed by the Russian occupation authorities, and is a member of the Federal Organising Committee of the International Children’s Centre “Artek”, a federal state budgetary educational institution operating within the public education system of the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea. In this capacity, she frequently participates in events at Artek, ensuring the implementation of educational and social programmes for youth. She also acts as a liaison between the occupation administration of Crimea and federal-level children’s institutions, including overseeing the distribution of places for children to attend Artek and other camps. Therefore, Elena Romanovskaya is implementing actions and policies contributing to the forced assimilation, including indoctrination, or militarised education of Ukrainian minors.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026