On the evening of March 1, the European Union ambassadors agreed to disconnect seven Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system. Sanctions will also be imposed on the news agencies RT and Sputnik. Radio Liberty journalist Rikard Jozwiak writes about this.
"The EU ambassadors agreed tonight (March 1) to impose sanctions on RT and Sputnik, as well as to impose SWIFT sanctions on seven Russian banks," the journalist reported.
"Among them":
"VTB";
"Rossiya";
"Otkrytie;
"Novikombank";
"Promsvyazbank";
"Sovcombank"
Internet.
In addition, the EU ambassadors reached a political agreement on a package of economic sanctions against Belarus. However, as noted by the journalist, the final decision is planned to be taken in the morning on March 2.
tonight the EU ambassadors agreed to sanction RT & Sputnik and impose SWIFT sanctions on 7 Russian banks. there is also political agreement on an economic sanctions package on #Belarus but final adoption expected tomorrow morning. #Russia #Ukraine
— Rikard Jozwiak (@RikardJozwiak) March 1, 2022
