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ER Editor: The EU’s so-called plundering of Russian funds is, we believe, nothing more than a useful narrative playing itself out. There are probably none of the Useful Idiots left to make such a nutty decision.
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For a bit more information than is presented below, here is SwissInfo.ch on what amounts to several people recently being sanctioned by the EU, one of whom is Baud —
Former Swiss intelligence officer targeted by new EU sanctions against Russia
A former Swiss army officer is on the new European Union sanctions list against Russia-related companies and individuals.External link
The list published on December 15 includes 70-year-old Jacques Baud, a retired colonel and former strategic analyst specialising in intelligence and counterterrorism.
The Official Journal of the European Union states that Baud acted “as a mouthpiece for pro-Russian propaganda and makes conspiracy theories.”
As a result Baud will not be allowed to travel within EU countries and his assets in the Euro zone will be frozen.
In total the EU has imposed new sanctions on 12 individuals and two entities over information manipulation and cyberattacks. Those targeted are analysts and influencers linked to pro-Kremlin networks who have promoted pro-Russian propaganda. Among them are five experts associated with the Valdai Club, a Russia-based international forum External link and think tank where President Vladimir Putin speaks annually.
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Swiss Authorities Silent As EU Sanctions One Of World’s Most Respected Military Analysts
Authored by Peter Hanseler via ForumGeopolitica.com
When German journalists Röper and Lipp were sanctioned, no one in Switzerland reacted. Now, one of the world’s most respected military analysts is being sanctioned—a Swiss citizen. Weltwoche is waking up, Switzerland is fast asleep.
Introduction
Terrorizing journalists with sanctions in order to suppress the truth is nothing new for the EU.
On May 20, 2025, the EU sanctioned two German journalists for the first time—Alina Lipp and Thomas Röper. At the time, we reported in detail on this case, “EU sanctions German journalists,” and also analyzed the case from a legal perspective.
The result was clear: punishment without crime or trial, disenfranchisement and expropriation without a hearing.
The EU is dangerously close to the Nazi regime of 1936, when Thomas Mann was expatriated.
Following the same pattern, action is now being taken against a Swiss citizen for the first time.
Jacques Baud – You Can’t Be More Objective Than He Is
Jacques Baud is one of the most objective and respected military analysts around. He is highly regarded and respected not only throughout Europe, but also in the US.
His work is not limited to analysis on the most prestigious YouTube platforms; he has also written numerous excellent books. His style is unique in that he does not concern himself with politics, but only with the analysis of warfare in a calm and dispassionate manner. His analyses have never been anti-Ukrainian or pro-Russian, but objective.
He has long seen a NATO defeat on the horizon, not based on his wishes, but on the facts on the long front and the war strategy and tactics of the various parties.
This did not fit in at all with the Russophobic war cries of the EU, which still dreams of ultimate victory today, just like Adolf Hitler did in the spring of 1945.
The latest example comes from Friedrich Merz, whose lucidity must now seriously be called into question. To justify the theft of Russian assets, he said the following before the German Bundestag on December 15, 2025:
“To be very clear and very explicit here: we are not doing this to prolong the war. On the contrary, we are doing this to end this war as quickly as possible, ladies and gentlemen. Because this sends a clear signal to Moscow that continuing this war is pointless for Moscow.”
Jacques Baud’s crime was therefore that his analyses were correct – no more and no less.
Die Weltwoche Stands up— Finally
When Alina Lipp and Thomas Röper were sanctioned, Weltwoche contented itself with an indifferent, lukewarm article and did not stand up for its colleagues – we were shocked.
It seems that the opportunistic Mr. Köppel has felt the heat from Ms. Kaja Kallas a little too closely for his liking: Köppel is finally standing up because he could be next, and, as Martin Niemöller said, when it’s your turn, you’re wide awake.
“First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Now Weltwoche is also reflecting on the lack of a fair hearing and politically motivated persecution, not in as much detail as in our article of May 25, 2025, but still.
“Opportunism is costing a 70-year-old military analyst his quality of life”
Weltwoche has published half a dozen articles on Jacque Baud, and Köppel is playing the Joan of Arc of journalists, styling himself in his own way as the Winkelried of his guild. It’s rather late in the day. Had Köppel reacted with the same force in May, the men and women in Brussels would probably have thought twice about sanctioning a Swiss citizen. Opportunism is costing a 70-year-old military analyst his quality of life.
Official Switzerland Remains Silent
It is nothing new that my home country no longer has any backbone when it comes to Brussels. Weltwoche writes:
“In Bern, they would prefer to have nothing to do with it and are passing the buck like a hot potato.”
Weltwoche, December 18, 2025
This is obviously worrying, but the Swiss government is behaving in exactly the same way as Köppel did in May this year when German colleagues were sanctioned. They wanted nothing to do with the whole affair.
The Next Litmus Test for Switzerland Is Coming Soon
The EU’s plundering of the Russian Federation’s frozen funds will soon be complete. Incidentally, this has nothing to do with war, but rather with the sheer financial and political survival of the EU and its criminal leaders, because without the stolen money, the EU is bankrupt.
Despite the clarity that the EU is a criminal organization, Switzerland is negotiating a comprehensive package of new agreements with the EU, including the integration of dynamic legal adoption processes. This means that Switzerland is actually discussing automatically adopting the laws of a criminal organization.
Patrick Baab Interviewed Jacques Baud
We would like to draw your attention to the interview recorded on December 16 by our author Patrik Baab with Jaques Baud.
Source
Featured image source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-affairs/former-swiss-intelligence-officer-targeted-by-new-eu-sanctions-on-russia/90665703
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