- 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
- Svetlana Balanova is the head of National Media Group (NMG) – a media holding – which is the founder of 28 media enterprises in Russia, including Channel One, Channel 5, REN TV and STS, 78.ru, the national newspaper Izvestia, Delovoy Peterburg and others. She was included in the list of ‘1500 warmongers’ compiled by the Free Russia Forum. Media controlled by NMG is actively spreading propaganda and disinformation related to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Svetlana Balanova is also the head of the Public Council under Roskomnadzor. In this position she is responsible for strengthening the fight against ‘extremist and illegal content’ online. She is therefore supporting actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026