Zelensky appealed to Switzerland and called for freezing Russian assets in banks .
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukraine , Ukrainegate , 19 , March , 2022 | Ukraine News
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the people of Switzerland and called for freezing the assets of Russians who started the bloody war in Ukraine in banks .
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“I am grateful to you and your country for supporting us in such a difficult time. That you did not stay away and did not say that all this is not about you. Because it is really impossible to stay away from the fact that in the 21st century hundreds of rockets and air bombs are flying at peaceful cities in the heart of Europe… And just as I would like Ukrainians to live like the Swiss. I also want you to be and become like Ukrainians in the fight against evil. So that there is no question of your banks, where the assets of all those who started this war are kept. It’s painful and it’s unpleasant. But it is also a struggle against evil. That there was a complete freezing of the assets of these people, their accounts. It is necessary. This is a great struggle and you can do it, “the head of state stressed.
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He also raised the issue of business in Russia. In particular, it was about the refusal of the Swiss company Nestlé to leave the Russian market.
“I want you to become Ukrainians who feel what it is like to destroy a house, a city, a peaceful city. I want you to be like Ukrainians when it comes to business in Russia despite this war… Good food, good life. This is the slogan of Nestlé. Your company, which refuses to leave Russia. And even now, when threats are heard from there, to other European countries as well. I want all Swiss to become now, as we are all Ukrainians. I want you and I not to lose our chance to restore peace, to stop any wars in the world, “the President stressed.
Let’s add
The day before it became known that the Swiss company Nestle refused to leave the Russian market, despite Russian terrorism in Ukraine.
Also, according to the Swiss Association of Bankers (SBA), the country’s banks keep between 150 and 200 billion Swiss francs (213 billion US dollars) of Russian customers in offshore accounts. Sanctions against Russia provide a rare opportunity to learn about these assets.
Source: Ukrgate
