Sanctions are being introduced against VEB and Promsvyazbank.
“From an economic point of view, it can be explained as follows.
Of course, we all know our key banks.
These organizations are not first-tier banks, in which most of the deposits or loans are located ... As a result, large, systemically important banks are not affected, ”Ginko said.
According to the expert, the sanctions have been and will be introduced only to the extent that they do not harm the interests of the US and the EU themselves.
“Our backbone banks are also engaged in servicing foreign trade.
And we are an important participant in foreign trade, and not only in the field of energy supplies.
Russia and the United States have a trade turnover for those goods that the United States cannot replace with supplies from other countries, ”the economist added.
He also noted that the Central Bank of Russia has already evaluated the scenario of various sanctions that may be introduced against the country's banking system.
“The so-called stress scenario is regularly carried out.
It is associated not only with sanctions, but also, for example, with a decrease in the price of a barrel of oil.
Moreover, options for the impact of critical and unlikely scenarios are being considered ... We understood that sanctions could be introduced.
The risk of potential disconnection from SWIFT was assessed.
The main thing is that this is not something unexpected, which means that all the risks have already been calculated.
And the action plan in this situation has already been drawn up, ”concluded the economist.
Earlier it became known that the US authorities impose restrictions on two Russian banks.
The US Treasury announced the imposition of sanctions against VEB and Promsvyazbank.