Russian Federation Council Building in MoscowMOSCOW, Jan 17Western countries do not benefit from problems in the Russian banking system, since the capital of European countries and the United States often participates in the work of credit organizations, Ivan Abramov, deputy head of the economic committee of the Federation Council, Ivan Abramov, told RIA Novosti on Monday. Earlier on Monday, the German newspaper Handelsblatt, citing government sources, reported that the United States and the European Union ruled out the disconnection of Russian banks from the SWIFT interbank settlement system as a variant of possible sanctions. According to her, targeted economic sanctions against the largest Russian banks are being prepared instead. Germany insists on exceptions, as otherwise there may be obstacles to paying for gas and oil from Russia, the newspaper writes. «In any case, our banking system will survive, it has a certain margin of safety,» Abramov said. He noted that the imposition of sanctions against Russian banks will become «a problem for their initiators, since foreign capital often participates in the work of Russian credit organizations.» Abramov also stressed that, taking into account the global financial system, the introduction of unilateral sanctions against Russian banks will also negatively affect the activities of foreign credit organizations. Commenting information that the West is no longer discussing the possible disconnection of Russia from SWIFT, the politician stressed that the introduction of such restrictions would be a «shot in the leg» for European countries and the United States. «Apparently, they thought they would take us» weakly. «But they understand that we have other fallback options.In addition, with the imposition of such unilateral sanctions, against Russia, we will be forced to create our own alternative system, which will subsequently create competition for them,» the senator concluded. in Russia from SWIFT, media reported
