U.S. senators sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury with a call to disconnect from the payment system SWIFT Russian banks, who are under punishment.
Legislators believe that such events have the potential to become an effective tool in the General opposition of the West " unacceptable destabilization of Ukraine and to prevent further threats to European stability " from Russia, according to news Agency ", pointing to the letter to the radio station " Voice of America ". Recall that In prosesi Thursday, the European Parliament recommended the EU to exclude Russia from the international system of SWIFT. In response to this Authorized the SWIFT told that such measures offer without their consent; violate the rights of the organization. For his part, the head of VTB Bank Andrei Kostin called the call to disable the Russian Federation from SWIFT aggression against the country and said that Moscow should give a hard answer. The Russian authorities hope that the country will not be excluded from the SWIFT system, but just in case, still preparing for this scenario, said the Minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev. For example, the CBR together with a number of ministries have prepared a draft law on the establishment of the Russian analogue of the brotherhood worldwide interbank telecommunication SWIFT, said Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev.

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