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Journalists write that many European companies use Gazprombank services, which i...

Did not fall under the sanctions: in the EU want to disconnect from Swift one of the largest banks of the Russian Federation - Bloomberg

Journalists write that many European companies use Gazprombank services, which is why it has not been disconnected from the international payment system earlier. Several countries of the European Union insist on expanding sanctions against Moscow because of its invasion of Ukraine. Yes, Poland, Ireland and the Baltic countries want the EU to expand its sanctions on Russian energy.

They also want more Russian banks to be disconnected from the SWIFT international payment system, including Gazprombank, which for a long time bypassed sanctions. Bloomberg writes about it. It is reported that the Russian lender is used by European firms to pay for gas supply. In addition, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ireland and Poland also want to prohibit insurance services and transfer of banknotes of dollars to the Russian Federation.

They also insist on increased restrictions on assets in cryptocurrency. It is also reported that the mentioned countries want to propose to prohibit the use of services and products of the Russian Cyber ​​Security Company "Casper" Laboratory on the territory of the European Union. To strengthen the constraints that exist to export technologies and add more products to the list of prohibited technical products, including data processing machines, storage devices and some types of electronics.

Gazprombank is one of the largest banks in the Russian Federation. It ranks third in the list of banks of Central and Eastern Europe in terms of equity. On February 25, 2022, US sanctions were imposed on it. Earlier, Focus reported that Putin wants to increase defense costs. Bloomberg writes that Vladimir Putin strongly increased the situation with the production and budget deficit in the Russian Federation. Yes, the declared mobilization caused a large leakage of frames abroad.