ZURICH: Switzerland has expanded its sanctions towards Russia to incorporate further measures just lately taken up by the European Union towards Moscow over its ongoing aggression towards Ukraine, the Swiss authorities stated on Tuesday (Jul 9).
Pointing to a package deal of measures adopted by the EU towards Russia on Jun 24, the Swiss financial system ministry stated in an announcement that it might impose sanctions inside its jurisdiction on an additional 69 people and 86 entities.
These sanctions primarily goal “businesspersons, propagandists, members of the armed forces and judiciary, individuals answerable for the deportation of Ukrainian kids” and members of Russia’s Federal Safety Service (FSB), it stated.
The newly sanctioned entities embrace firms working in Russia’s defence business and companies within the monetary and commerce sectors concerned in circumventing sanctions, it added.
This meant that greater than 2,200 people and entities are actually topic to the sanctions listings, the ministry stated.
“That is in step with the EU,” the assertion added.
The Swiss authorities stated that it had positioned an promoting ban on media shops Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta “owing to Russia’s steady propaganda and disinformation campaigns”.
In distinction to the EU, these media should not topic to a broadcasting ban in Switzerland, the ministry added.
The brand new measures would enter into power at 6pm native time on Tuesday, it stated.
