War in Ukraine | Western countries to exclude several Russian banks from Swift

(Berlin) Western countries have adopted a new set of sanctions against Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine, in particular by deciding to exclude many Russian banks from the Swift interbank platform, an essential cog in global finance, announced the German government.

Are concerned “all the Russian banks already sanctioned by the international community, as well as if necessary that other institutes”, specified the spokesman of the German government, whose country currently chairs the G7 forum. These measures have been taken by the United States, France, Germany, Great Britain, Canada, Italy and the European Commission.