First, we commit to ensuring that a certain number of Russian banks are removed from SWIFT.⁰
It will stop them from operating worldwide and effectively block Russian exports and imports.

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 26, 2022

Second, we will paralyse the assets of Russia’s central bank.

This will freeze its transactions.

And it will make it impossible for the Central Bank to liquidate its assets. pic.twitter.com/8H9eWkNCW9

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 26, 2022

And finally, we will work to prohibit Russian oligarchs from using their financial assets on our markets.

Putin embarked on a path aiming to destroy Ukraine.

But what he is also doing, in fact, is destroying the future of his own country. pic.twitter.com/bcygxFjeyG

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 26, 2022