“This statement is not the first, not only in recent days, but in the last five years.
The idea of disconnecting Russia from SWIFT is constantly present in the political discourse of the United States, and I recall at least three exacerbations during this time in the minds of American experts and politicians, when the corresponding statements were made.
we are no longer used to this, this is the standard Russophobic rhetoric, which should clearly form the understanding for us that Russia should have an absolute degree of protection against any such threats, ”the expert emphasized.
He noted that Russia "is taking appropriate efforts and they need to be completed."
“Such statements do not testify to the full readiness of the American elites for dialogue.
What we are seeing is another information attack on Russia, which includes blackmail, threats of pressure, which should demonstrate to the whole world who is the boss, ”the specialist concluded.
Earlier Brzezinski proposed to disconnect Russia from SWIFT as a "warning strike".
On December 7, US Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland said that the US was discussing with its allies a sanction option that would be tantamount to completely isolating Russia from the global financial system in the event of a Russian "invasion" of Ukraine.
The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, called the media reports a continuation of the information hysteria that the United States is studying new sanctions against Russia, including its disconnection from the SWIFT system.