I can’t really do this justice by cutting and pasting – but here’s the main panel of the new (translated) Russia sanctions page:
Measures related to the situation in Ukraine
The Federal Council has on 28. February 2022 decided to adopt the sanctions of the European Union (EU) against Russia and thus strengthen their effect. The existing regulation was therefore introduced on 4. March 2022 undergone a total revision.
The Ordinance of 4. March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine (SR 946,231,176.72) contains all Swiss measures and is legally decisive.
The measures include, among others:
Sanctions of goods
- Prohibitions on arms
- Prohibitions on dual-usable goods
- Prohibitions on goods for military and technological strengthening or for the development of the defense and security sector
- Prohibitions regarding goods for the aerospace industry
- Prohibitions concerning goods and technologies of maritime navigation
- Prohibitions concerning goods for oil refining and liquefaction of natural gas
- Prohibitions regarding goods for the completion of liquefied natural gas and crude oil projects
- Prohibitions regarding goods and software for the energy sector
- Prohibitions on goods to strengthen industry
- Prohibitions on crude oil and petroleum products
- Prohibitions regarding liquefied natural gas
- Prohibition of imports of iron and steel products
- Prohibitions regarding luxury goods
- Prohibition of imports of economically significant goods
- Prohibitions regarding gold
- Bans on diamonds
- Contractual obligation to prevent re-export
Financial sanctions
- Blocking of assets and prohibitions on provision
- Reporting obligations for blocked assets
- Prohibition of the issuance and trading of transferable securities and money market instruments
- Prohibition of lending
- Prohibition of the receipt of deposits in excess of 100,000 francs from Russian citizens or natural and legal persons in Russia and the provision of crypto services
- Reporting obligation for existing deposits of more than 100,000 francs
- Prohibition of the sale of effects
- Prohibition of transactions with certain crypto assets
- Prohibition of transactions with the Russian central bank
- Prohibition of transactions with state-owned companies
- Prohibition of transactions with plaintiffs of Russian arbitration
- Prohibition of transactions with certain banks and organizations that undermine the purpose of sanctions
- Prohibition of transactions with certain ports, locks and airports
- Prohibition of transactions and co-financing with the Russian Direct Investment Fund
- Prohibition of transactions with certain banks
- Prohibitions on the provision of certain specialized messaging services for payment transactions
- Ban on banknotes
- Bans related to companies in the energy and mining sector in Russia
- Prohibitions related to companies in specific special economy, innovation or preferential zones
- Prohibition of financial support for Russian public institutions
- Prohibitions concerning Trusts
- Prohibitions concerning certain services and software
Measures relating to specified areas
- Prohibition of imports of goods originating in the designated areas without a certificate of origin issued by the Ukrainian authorities
- Prohibition of exports of certain goods and related services to the designated areas
- Prohibition of financing, participation and certain services
Further measures
- Prohibition of entry and transit
- Take-off and landing ban for Russian aircraft
- Prohibitions regarding advertising in certain Russian media
- Prohibitions related to the award of public contracts
- Prohibitions related to certain decisions of Russian courts
- Prohibition of the fulfillment of certain requirements
Annexes 1, 23 and 31
Amendments to the sanctions lists of Annexes 2, 8 to 15c, 25, 33 and 35 to 37
- Amendment of 15.06.2026 with entry into force on 16.06.2026 at 11 pm
- Amendment of 21.05.2026 with entry into force on 22.05.2026 at 23.00
- Amendment of 31.03.2026 with entry into force on 01.04.2026 at 11 pm
Only the three latest amendments to the annexes are published on the SECO website. Previous changes from the 28th July 2022 can be found on Fedlex, the publication platform of federal law: SR 946.231.176.72 – Ordinance of 4. March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine – Open page changes – Select desired change – Select “Publication of a text part by reference” – Download the appropriate version.
In-depth information
with a table of contents in a separate frame on the right side of the page. It’s a lot cleaner with a lot more whitespace, making it a lot more readable. I’m not totally sold on only listing the last 3 sets of updates but, as a practical matter it’s fine – if you really need the full history, you can click around and get it.
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