Would the Swiss Model of Neutrality Save Ukraine?

[Brian4Liberty]

Who's The Real "Russian Agent"?

https://twitter.com/RonPaul/status/1496207031727972363

 

[Voluntarist]

Would the Swiss Model of Neutrality Save Ukraine?

You mean where Switzerland joins with the EU in imposing sanctions on Russia and freezing Russian assets? Sure, that'd work.

It was a unique and difficult step which is compatible with the country's traditional neutrality, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said in a statement read out in three languages - Italian, German and French - during a news conference attended by four of the government's seven members on Monday.

Cassis called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine an “attack on sovereignty, freedom, democracy and the population and institutions of a free country”, which also affected Switzerland. “Playing into the hands of an aggressor is not neutral,” he added.

"The defence of peace and security and respect for international law are values that Switzerland, as a democratic country, shares with its European neighbours," he said.
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Switzerland has blocked with immediate effect the assets of 363 individuals and four corporate entities. This includes Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Also on Monday, Switzerland followed suit with other European countries in closing its airspace to Russian flights.
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In an initial move last week, the Swiss government imposed travel restrictions on sanctioned Russians and had forbidden Swiss banks from engaging in any future financial business with these individuals and companies.

Swiss support SWIFT ban
"The ban on imports, exports and investments concerning Crimea and Sevastopol, which has been in place since 2014, has been extended to the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, which are no longer under the control of the Ukrainian government," read a government statementExternal link.

Finance Minister Ueli Maurer played down links between the Swiss and Russian financial centres, which he described as "very small". He added that Switzerland would support an international decision to cut Russian banks off from the global SWIFT bank messaging system.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

You mean where Switzerland joins with the EU in imposing sanctions on Russia and freezing Russian assets? Sure, that'd work.

As soon as you reference Swiss neutrality, they go ahead and break it.

It's kind of like US and Canadian banking institutions. They used to be politically neutral, but now they engage in partisan discrimination.

Next thing you know, Switzerland will introduce strict gun control and try to take away their citizen's guns.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/0...years-that-nato-expansion-would-lead-to-this/

After all, if westerners were to get it into their heads that this whole terrible war could have been avoided by simply solidifying a policy of neutrality for Ukraine and issuing a guarantee that it would never be added to NATO, they would begin asking why this did not happen. NATO powers had no interest in adding Ukraine to the alliance anyway, so it doesn’t really make sense to refuse to make such low-cost concessions if the only alternative is mass military slaughter. I mean, unless your goal was to provoke mass military slaughter to advance your own geostrategic objectives.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Is Zelensky now offering neutrality, and the US media is not covering it? He was such a hero to the western media, now he may screw it up by going off script.

https://rumble.com/vxf4ef-tucker-maybe-this-isnt-a-crazy-idea.html