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It’s a key refuge for Moscow’s wealthy, including the record producer Iosif Prigozhin. He insists he still loves President ...
Washington has said the treatment of Glavprodukt, the only U.S. company Moscow has seized, will influence a planned reset of ...
Switzerland is a leader in the gold refining market, with 60 percent to 70 percent of the world’s gold passing through the country to be refined. Denis Balibouse/Reuters ...
The U.S. ambassador to Switzerland, Scott Miller, expressed disappointment with the decision, urging Switzerland to act more decisively in preventing Russian businesses from using loopholes in the ...
As of April 2024, the total value of the Russian Federation's central bank assets frozen in Switzerland was just over 7 billion Swiss francs. These funds are separate from frozen assets owned by ...
On Wednesday the federal government of Switzerland announced that it is joining the seventh and most recent EU sanctions package adopted in connection with the full-scale Russian invasion of ...
Switzerland last August adopted the EU’s prohibition of “the direct or indirect import, purchase or transfer” of Russian gold including shipments into third countries, which was among a raft ...
Following the EU, Switzerland added the Wagner Group and news agency RIA FAN to Switzerland’s list of sanctions against Russia, thereby reinforcing the impact of the EU's measures.
Swiss authorities say they have been notified of 46.1 billion francs ($48.5 billion) in assets held by Russian nationals and entities in the Alpine country since sanctions were introduced earlier ...
The Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs has frozen approximately $8.3 billion in assets owned by the Russian Central Bank, according to a new report.
Swiss authorities said Thursday that they have been notified of 46.1 billion francs ($48.5 billion) in assets held by Russian nationals and entities in the Alpine country since sanctions were ...