Borrell announced a possible disconnection from SWIFT of new Russian banks

SWIFT logo. File photoMEXICO CITY, May 3. The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, announced that even more Russian banks would be cut off from SWIFT. He told reporters about this during a visit to Latin America, the Venezuelan channel VPI reports. The politician did not specify which financial organizations would fall under the new restrictions. «In the financial sector, more Russian banks will be disconnected from the SWIFT system. I can't tell you which ones, but they will be. And in the energy sector, we are looking for measures that would significantly affect the import of Russian oil,» Borrell said. After the start of a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, the EU adopted five packages of sanctions against individuals, organizations, the financial sector and the energy sector of Russia. The sixth one is being discussed now. In particular, the financial sanctions affected the reserves of the Central Bank and led to the disconnection of seven Russian banks from the SWIFT system. The Kremlin called the new sanctions an economic war, but stressed that they were ready for such a development of events.Sanctions began to devour their creators