On Thursday, April 20, Switzerland announced the introduction of sanctions against Wagner's private military company.
This was announced by the Swiss Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research.
The Russian news agency RIA "FAN", which belongs to the owner of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was also sanctioned.
It will be recalled that on April 13, the EU added the private military company "Wagner" and the Russian news agency "FAN", which are related to the Kremlin oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, to the list of sanctions.
As noted in the EU decision, "Wagner" PMC takes an active part in Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine.
"Thus, the Wagner group is responsible for materially supporting actions that undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine," the text of the decision reads.
It is noted that RIA "FAN" engages in propaganda and misinformation about Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine, calls it a mission to stop "Ukrainian Nazis" and advertises the actions of PMC "Wagner".
The European Union introduced sanctions against Yevhen Prigozhin himself in October 2020 in connection with his financing of the activities of PMC "Wagner" in Libya. In April 2022, sanctions against Prigozhin were introduced because of the aggressive war in Ukraine.
