Switzerland says it is adding the Russian private mercenary group Wagner and the RIA FAN news agency to its sanctions list. Wagner is being added for its "active involvement in Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, the Swiss Department of Economic Affairs, Education, and Research (EAER) said in a statement on April 20. RIA FAN is being added "for its dissemination of pro-government propaganda and disinformation."
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