Germany and Western allies have ruled out a ban on Russian financial institutions the banking communications network Swift decided. This was announced by government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit on Saturday evening in Berlin. The decision was made by the United States, France, Canada, Italy, Great Britain, the European Commission and Germany.
are affected all Russian banks, which are already sanctioned by the international community. If necessary, other Russian banks should also be added. This should cut off these institutes from international financial flows, which would massively restrict their global activities.
In addition, according to the federal government, the federal states determined Further restricting the Central Bank of Russia’s ability to support the ruble with international financial transactions. The sanctions that were decided on were additional also against individuals and entities in Russia and elsewherewho supported the war against Ukraine.
In addition, one should working group be used with representatives of the USA and the European Union, to ensure the speedy implementation of the sanctions and freezing the assets of sanctioned individuals, their families and businesses. The countries therefore emphasized their willingness to take further measures should Russia not end its attack against Ukraine and thus against the European peace order.