Switzerland has expanded its anti-Russian sanctions lists to include 254 more people, companies and organizations. In relation to new defendants, steps were taken to freeze assets and prohibit providing them with funds. Today it was also learned that Switzerland, following the European Union, removed the Russian businessmen Alisher Osmanov and Mikhail Friedman from the national sanctions lists. The restrictions were also lifted from the former rector of the Federal University of Crimea, Andrei Palaev.