West should connect Russian bank to SWIFT or keep silent about food security — MFA

Western countries should reconnect Russian Agricultural Bank (Rosselkhozbank) to SWIFT or stop talking about global food security, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told reporters when commenting on the statement on SWIFT’s readiness to connect the bank’s subsidiary within a month.

"First, there is no subsidiary. Second, they should either stop talking about global food security or simply silently connect Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT. If they are not ready to do it they should stop talking about global food security as they undermine this very security by their illegal actions," he said.

Reuters said earlier that SWIFT was ready to connect Russian Agricultural Bank’s subsidiary to its payment system within 30 days.