Switzerland in line with EU, approves new sanctions on Russia

The Swiss government has said it has adopted more European Union sanctions against Russia after its pledge to act according to the bloc's steps towards financial punishment against Moscow, writes AlJazeera, Pryskopi continues. “This decision implies that all measures taken by the fourth package of European Union sanctions are [...]
“This decision implies that all measures taken by the fourth package of European Union sanctions have been implemented”, the country's cabinet statement said.
However, the cabinet said it has decided not to implement the March 1st EU measures for suspending the transmission of Russian media, Bitnik and Russia Today.
Despite the fact that these portals are used to disseminate specific propaganda and deninforms of the Russian Federation, the Federal Council of Thought that it would be more effective to object to untruth and to harmful claims with facts instead of preventing their transmission”, the statement said.












