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The European Union agreed to disconnect Sberbank from SWIFT

The European Union agreed to disconnect Sberbank from SWIFT
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Tuesday, 31 May, 2022, 11:42

Sberbank will turn off SWIFT payment systems, EU countries have agreed. Von der Leyen said that Sberbank received special attention because of its significant share in the country's banking sector. Previously, seven Russian banks were disconnected from SWIFT Sberbank from SWIFT”.

The EU countries have agreed to disconnect Sberbank from the interbank system for transferring information and making payments SWIFT as part of the sixth package of sanctions, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, said on Twitter.

“This package of sanctions includes other tough measures: de-swifting the largest Russian bank— Sberbank»,— written by Michel.