Switzerland abandons neutrality and joins the EU sanctions
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Switzerland has abandoned its tradition of neutrality and has announced that it will accept all sanctions already imposed by the European Union on Russia. Following a government meeting on Monday, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said the country would immediately freeze the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as well as all 367 people sanctioned last week by the European Union.
In a statement, the Swiss government announced that it would implement the sanctions in coordination with the European Union, adding that these were "primarily commodity and financial sanctions".
In this way, Switzerland is responding to the serious violations of international law for which they are responsible.
