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Putin Says Russia Willing to Seek Compromises between Iran and Israel

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with heads of leading media outlets from the BRICS member countries in Moscow Region, Russia October 18, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with heads of leading media outlets from the BRICS member countries in Moscow Region, Russia October 18, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via Reuters
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Putin Says Russia Willing to Seek Compromises between Iran and Israel

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with heads of leading media outlets from the BRICS member countries in Moscow Region, Russia October 18, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with heads of leading media outlets from the BRICS member countries in Moscow Region, Russia October 18, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via Reuters

Russia is ready to help seek compromises between arch-foes Israel and Iran, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, saying these would be difficult but possible.

"We are in contact with Israel, we are in contact with Iran. We have quite trusting relations. And we would very much like this endless exchange of blows to be stopped at some point. And for such ways to resolve the situation to be found that would satisfy both sides," Putin told reporters.

"The answer to this question always lies in the search for compromises. Are they possible in this situation or not? I think so. No matter how difficult it may be, but in my opinion, it is possible."

Israel has decapitated the leadership of Iran's allies Hamas and Hezbollah in recent weeks, and Iran fired missiles into Israel on Oct. 1. The region is now braced for Israel's response.

Putin said Russia was willing to get involved if both sides wanted that.

"If this is in demand, we are ready to do everything in our power in contact with both sides to help find these compromises," he said.

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US Laments 'Disappointing' Swiss Decision Not to Fully Adopt Latest EU Sanctions against Russia

FILE - US Ambassador to Switzerland Scott Miller gives a statement during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, on July 5, 2022. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP, File)
FILE - US Ambassador to Switzerland Scott Miller gives a statement during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, on July 5, 2022. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP, File)
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US Laments 'Disappointing' Swiss Decision Not to Fully Adopt Latest EU Sanctions against Russia

FILE - US Ambassador to Switzerland Scott Miller gives a statement during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, on July 5, 2022. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP, File)
FILE - US Ambassador to Switzerland Scott Miller gives a statement during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, on July 5, 2022. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP, File)

The United States is expressing disappointment over a decision by the Swiss government not to adopt all measures in the latest round of European Union sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine.
Amb. Scott Miller, the top US envoy in the Swiss capital, expressed hope that Bern will work to close a “loophole” that allows overseas subsidiaries to get around sanctions, which aim to punish the Russian government over President Vladimir Putin's all-out war in Ukraine launched in February 2022, The Associated Press reported.
“It is essential we target sanctions circumvention to dent Russia the finances and materiel it needs to continue its brutal war. None of our companies should be complicit,” Miller said in a statement.
The Swiss Federal Council, the executive branch, announced Wednesday it had decided to adopt “most of the measures" included in the latest EU sanctions. While Switzerland isn't one of the bloc's 27 member countries, Bern has largely hewed to its sanctions against Russia in a bid to curtail its war machine in Ukraine.
In the statement sent Friday to The Associated Press, Miller said the council's decision “to not fully adopt all components of the 14th package of sanctions ... is disappointing."
Many developed countries have sought to curtail Russia’s access to Western finance, markets and technology, and shunned or limited imports of Russian goods. The measures have had a limited effect on Russia’s economy, not least because many countries — including major developing nations like China, India, Türkiye and Brazil — are still doing a lot of business with Russia.
Meanwhile, some Russian natural gas still flows into the European Union — through Ukraine.
Switzerland said stiffer controls have been enacted in areas such as intellectual property and trade secrets, industrial know-how, messaging services in the financial sector, natural gas and Russian helium exports.
But it stopped short of joining EU restrictions on applications for patents, brands and other intellectual property of companies from Russia, saying “there have been no intellectual property rights violations committed by Russia against Swiss companies.”
The latest EU measures also call on businesses in the bloc to make sure foreign subsidiaries don't undercut the sanctions. The Swiss say their current sanctions law already allows for prosecution of companies that circumvent sanctions through subsidiaries and as a result, the council “decided not to adopt this EU measure in its current form.”
The government said some 2,250 individuals, companies and organizations in Switzerland are currently on the sanctions list in connection with the situation in Ukraine, and “the list is identical to that of the EU.”