In his opinion, the European Union will only make things worse for itself if it tries to take this step.
“In this way, we will greatly harm ourselves,” InoTV quotes him.
He stressed that this could lead to the collapse of the entire system and the possible transition of Russia to the Chinese counterpart.
Merz also called the EU's attempt to conclude an association agreement with Ukraine, which contradicted its trade agreements with Russia, a mistake.
More details in the retelling of the InoTV material.
Earlier, the head of the Russian delegation at the talks on military security and arms control in Vienna, Konstantin Gavrilov, said that threats to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT system were not serious.