The United States is probably considering several options for sanctions against Russia at once. About it RIA News said the President of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Alexis Rodzianko.
According to him, among the possible scenarios may be a ban on American companies from working in Russia. Rodzianko noted that in this case they will either have to sell their business or close it. He stressed that although such a step would hit the United States itself, the effect of such a decision would be more powerful for the Russian economy.
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The representative of the American business also said that another sanction measure could be the disconnection of Russia from the SWIFT system. He added that this is not such a terrible threat to Moscow, as there are many alternative secure interbank communication systems. At the same time, the head of AmCham noted that, nevertheless, if the disconnection occurs, then the Russians will remember it for a long time.
In addition, a serious sanctions measure that would hit Russia hard could be a ban on its use of the dollar, since Moscow exports gas and oil in US currency, Rodzianko said. This move is unlikely, since the dollar and the US itself will suffer from it no less than Russia, if not more, he explained. “This is a double-edged sword,” the businessman summed up.
Earlier, the Ukrainian economist Alexander Khmelevsky assessed the effectiveness of disconnecting Russia from the international interbank SWIFT payment system, which is possible due to the allegedly impending “invasion” of Ukraine by Moscow. Khmelevsky called the possible disconnection of Russia from SWIFT senseless, since this would not cause significant damage to either the economy or the citizens of the country.
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