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Russia will not be disconnected from SWIFT?

Western countries have abandoned the idea of ​​disconnecting Russia from the SWIFT interbank payment information transfer system, Handelsblatt writes, citing sources. The disconnect from SWIFT was one of the toughest sanctions options. However, a few hours after the release of the material, the White House said that consultations were ongoing, "none of the options is not ruled out."

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According to the German newspaper, instead of disconnecting from SWIFT, the EU and the US are discussing the introduction of targeted economic sanctions against the largest Russian banks in the event of a Russian military operation against Ukraine. At the same time, Germany wants to achieve exceptions in order to be able to pay for the import of Russian gas and oil , says the source of the publication. European politicians have come to the conclusion that Russia's disconnection from SWIFT could destabilize financial markets in the short term and contribute to the creation of an alternative payment infrastructure that will no longer be dominated by Western countries in the medium term, the newspaper notes. Sanctionswith a ban on the work of SWIFT in Russia were also considered in the United States, they were proposed by Democratic senators, but in the end their amendments did not pass.

Handelsblatt learned that the West has abandoned the idea to disconnect Russia from SWIFT Politics