La defensa de Ucrania en Suiza: neutral pero no indiferente

La defensa de Ucrania en Suiza: neutral pero no indiferente

By drawing apt parallels, relating to culture, reminding of history, and of course doing a lot of talking, you can achieve a lot of support for Ukraine in Switzerland.

• The Swiss government is heavily constrained regarding supporting Ukraine during the war, due to (wrong understanding) of neutrality as well as by its political system build on consensus. Nevertheless Switzerland is but far not unimportant and worth the advocating effort.

• How to nudge Switzerland into joining the European Sanctions against aggressor Russia?

• How to organise systemic work with Swiss politicians: in the parliament, but also in cantons and in cities?

• How to establish a principle for national media “nothing about Ukraine without the Ukrainian Society of Switzerland?”

• How to influence things from grassroots up?

• Join EAU’s Sasha Volkov for a brief overview of advocacy opportunities in Switzerland.

Speaker: Oleksandr “Sasha” Volkov
Oleksandr “Sasha” Volkov is a member of EAU’s Swiss Advocacy Team. Born and raised in the Donetsk region of Ukraine but based in Switzerland for decades, Sasha is a board member at the Ukrainian Association in Switzerland (swiss-ukrainian.ch), has organized numerous solidarity rallies with Ukraine, supported Ukraine politically and culturally, and represented Ukrainian interests in the media. As a private citizen he regularly delivers vehicles for the Ukrainian military.

Event Details:

• 📅 Date: 3 Sept 2025

• 🕓 La hora: 2300 GMT / 1500 EST

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