Euractiv announced the refusal to disconnect Russia from SWIFT due to the position of Germany

According to the publication's source,Germany insisted on refusing to disconnect RUSSIA from SWIFT as part of the discussion by European countries of possible sanctions due to the situation in Ukraine

The “opposition led by Germany”, as part of the discussion of possible sanctions against Russia, removed the issue of disconnecting the country from SWIFT from consideration. This is reported by the portal Euractiv with reference to a diplomat in the European Union.

While gas and oil are seen as possible levers [of pressure from Russia], one EU diplomat said the opposition, led by Germany, appeared to have withdrawn from discussion a proposal to separate Moscow from the global payment system SWIFT.

Earlier, the fact that the United States and EU countries refused to consider the possibility of disconnecting Russia from the SWIFT system was reported by the German publication Handelsblatt, citing government sources. They noted that this move could destabilize financial markets in the short term and contribute to the creation of an alternative payment infrastructure that would no longer be dominated by Western countries.

At the same time, The Telegraph reported that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson supports the idea of ​​cutting Russia off from the SWIFT system. In addition, according to the publication, he does not exclude the imposition of sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.