“There will be no sanctions against the banking system as a whole, disconnection from SWIFT.
In this case, the Americans will shoot themselves in the foot if they try to do this, ”Dudakov said.
He stressed that "Russia is a big economy," and if Russia is disconnected from SWIFT, then "there will be a blow to this very system, which is already losing ground."
“Many countries are now experimenting with switching to their own banking systems - both China and the EU and so on.
But to scare it on the eve of the summit - why not? "
- said the political scientist.
On December 6, the American television channel CNN, citing sources, reported that the US authorities are studying the possibility of imposing sanctions on Russia in order to "deter" it from "invading Ukraine."
As specified, the measures may affect sovereign debt and energy companies, and also provide for "disconnecting Russia from the SWIFT system," however, the channel's interlocutors call this option "an extreme measure."