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The US State Department confirmed that they are considering the possibility of disconnecting Russia from SWIFT

“As we spoke in detail last night [во время брифинга по безопасности], what we are discussing will be tantamount to the de facto isolation of Russia from the global financial system, with all the consequences it will create for Russian business, Russians and their opportunities to work, travel and trade. We are looking at the full range of options, “she said.

Nuland noted that the day before, during the closed part of the briefing, she presented in detail the diplomatic options for responding to Russia’s aggression. However, she did not list them during the open session, adding only that all options were being considered.

In turn, Republican Senator Ron Johnson said at the hearing that Russian President Vladimir Putin must truly understand the seriousness of possible US sanctions.

“I think it would be important for society, for Congress, for the Senate and for Vladimir Putin to really understand, in small details, what we will impose on them [санкции] and how serious it would be for Russia and, unfortunately, for the Russians. Vladimir Putin should be more concerned about the fate of the Russian population than we are, “he said.

Context:

The SWIFT system allows banks and companies to exchange financial messages around the world. There are other ways of working for settlements within Russia, however international transactions are not possible without SWIFT.

The US threats to disconnect Russia from SWIFT sound against the background of the escalation of the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border. Since the end of October, Western media have been writing that Russia resumed building up its troops near the border with Ukraine and this causes concern among high-ranking officials in the United States and the European Union.

On November 18, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, said that Russia was conducting a large-scale special operation against Ukraine to destabilize the situation both inside the country and abroad. The accumulation of Russian troops near the border of Ukraine “will continue and peaks around the end of January“he stressed.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, near the Ukrainian-Russian border and in the occupied territories of Ukraine, the Russian Federation concentrated already more than 94 thousand… Russian military. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov does not exclude that this figure soon may grow up to 175 thousand.

In the Kremlin called the messages about the preparation of the invasion “stuffing”, said that “Russia is not going to attack anyone and is not hatching any aggressive plans,” and accused Kiev of preparing to aggression “against” LPR “and” DPR “. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine denied the disinformation of the Russian Federation about the alleged preparation for a military attack in Donbass.

The United States and NATO have repeatedly called on Russia to de-escalation of stress at borders and transparency of intentions… In early December, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned Russia that the escalation of aggression in Ukraine US to impose new economic sanctions, “from which it has so far refrained”.

Biden stated on December 3 that prepares measures to contain Russian President Vladimir Putin from aggression against Ukraine.

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