- 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 Shapurova is the Russian-appointed “Minister of the Ministry of Education and Science of Zaporizhia region”. She enacted re-education policies of Ukrainian children in the Russian-occupied region of Zaporizhzhia, diminishing Ukrainian-language classes and increasing the number of Russian classes, including promoting Russian culture and
civic-education classes. Therefore, she is supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026