PARIS - The Swiss Federal Council on Wednesday decided to join the EU's restrictive measures against Russia, which were approved in September.
“In view of the situation in Ukraine, and following decisions taken by the EU, the Federal Council today decided to adopt further measures to prevent the circumvention [by Russia] of international sanctions,” reads a document published on the website of the Swiss government.
The decision came into force at 7 p.m. Kyiv time.
From March to September 2014, the EU consistently introduced several packages of sanctions against Russia that affected the Russian financial-economic and defense sectors.
