Logo for the SWIFT interbank payment information exchange systemLONDON, Feb 25 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged NATO leaders to take immediate action on SWIFT against Russia, Downing Street said in a statement following a conversation between the prime minister and NATO leaders. , — noted in the message.Britain will soon impose sanctions «against Putin and Lavrov» Britain on Thursday introduced new sanctions against Russia in connection with a special operation in the Donbass. The sanctions list includes Rostec, Tactical Missiles Corporation, Uralvagonzavod, KLA and USC. VTB Vice President Denis Bortnikov, Promsvyazbank CEO Petr Fradkov, Sibur shareholder Kirill Shamalov, UAC CEO Yuri Slyusar, and Novikombank CEO Elena Georgieva were subject to personal sanctions. In addition, the British authorities decided to completely freeze VTB's assets, stop Russian companies from accessing loans in the UK market, ban the export of a number of high-tech and critical technical equipment and components, ban Aeroflot flights from and to Russia, and set a limit on bank accounts of Russians at the level of 50 thousand pounds sterling (66.8 thousand dollars). On Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not launch any missile, air or artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure, air defense facilities are disabled by high-precision weapons , military airfields and aviation. The ministry assured that the civilian population is not in danger. About two hours later, the Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards “do not offer any resistance,” Ukrainian air defense systems have been suppressed, and the military infrastructure of military air bases has been disabled. The military department denied the information of foreign media about the alleged downing of a Russian plane over Ukraine in the military department. .jpg» />Siluanov called the economic and financial situation in Russia stablePosted by: Natalia Makarova
