Andrey Nikolaevich Troshev

Russian Federation

Retired colonel, Founding member and Executive Director (Chief of Staff) of the Wagner Group; Retired Colonel

1953-04-05

Leningrad, Russian Federation

Male

EU

Executive Director (Chief of Staff) of the Wagner Group, which operates in Syria and trains and directs Syrian forces. The Wagner Group also supports the former al-Assad regime and fights alongside al-Assad-regime-affiliated militias and the Syrian army during the former al-Assad regime. Andrey Troshev is directly involved in the military operations of the Wagner Group in Syria. He was particularly involved in the area of Deir ez-Zor. As such, he provides a crucial contribution to Bashar al-Assad’s war effort and therefore supports and benefits from the former al-Assad regime.

CH

article 10 paragraph 1 (Financial sanctions) and article 17 paragraph 1 (Travel ban), annex 7

Position(s): Retired colonel, Founding member and Executive Director (Chief of Staff) of the Wagner Group; Rank: Retired Colonel; Call sign: Siedoy; Relatives/Associates: Dimitriy Utkin (Wagner Group Founder); Andrey Bogatov (Head of the 4th Attack and Reconnaissance Company of the Wagner Group), Aleksandr Sergeevich Kuznetsov (Commander of the 1st Attack and Reconnaissance Company of the Wagner Group); Related to Andrey Mikhailovich Bogatov (SSID 200-46898)

2022-01-14

CH

Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7)

Switzerland country specific

Syria

Asset freeze, Travel ban

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7). The measures follow the sanctions adopted by the European Union.