Switzerland will join EU sanctions decisions

GENEVA, 01 March 2022, (TON): President of the Confederation Ignazio Cassis said at a press conference “Switzerland joins the decisions of the European Union and from Monday imposes sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Min-ister Mikhail Mishustin, and Russian Foreign Mini-ster Sergei Lavrov.”

Cassis said “in connection with the ongoing Russian military intervention in Ukraine, the Federal Council decided on February 28 to approve the sanctions packages imposed by the EU on February 23 and 25.”

According to him, Switzerland has imposed financial sanctions against Putin, Mishustin, Lavrov, they come into force immediately.

Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine early in the morning, February 24.

In a televised address to the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action from us, the people’s republics of Donbass have asked for help.”

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