Stopping the war in Ukraine – Parmelin does not know if the sanctions against Russia are effective

– Parmelin does not know whether the sanctions against Russia are effective

Switzerland has adopted its 5^e package of economic sanctions. Will this have an influence on the war in Ukraine? Guy Parmelin’s answer.

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Are the sanctions likely to stop the war in Ukraine? To this question, Guy Parmelin and the Federal Council have no clear-cut answer.

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Switzerland is now well established. After the big mess at the start of the war, it now resumes with metronome regularity the economic sanctions of the European Union against Russia. The Federal Council presented on Wednesday 5^e sanctions section. It contained the prohibition of certain products, such as vodka and caviar, as well as the extension of the blacklist of people whose funds are frozen. Among them, the two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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These sanctions, which follow one another and which will not stop there, indisputably penalize the Russian economy. But will they have, which is their primary goal, any effectiveness in stopping the war in Ukraine? We posed the question head-on to Federal Councilor Guy Parmelin. And his answer is far from clear cut.