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Disabling Russia from the interbank payment information transfer system SWIFT will hit not only the Russian economy, says German Bundestag deputy Friedrich Merz, who will soon head the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
According to RBC, Merz compared Russia’s disconnection from SWIFT to “an atomic bomb for the market.” Merz urged not to interfere in the work of SWIFT.
Recall that in November-December last year, the world media was filled with the topic of the alleged Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions that should follow. According to the authors and experts of these publications, a sign of “invasion” is the concentration of Russian military equipment in the regions bordering Ukraine. Among the likely sanctions are both the shutdown of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as well as restrictions against Russian energy companies, and the shutdown of SWIFT.
A couple of days ago, Republican American Senator Marco Rubio proposed a new package of anti-Russian sanctions, which, among other things, involves a ban on transactions with Russian energy, financial, mining, and aerospace companies. If the SWIFT international banking system does not stop providing services to Russian banks and organizations, then sanctions will be imposed against it, the document says.
Source: Rosbalt
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