German foreign minister: Cutting Russia off from Swift ‘not sharpest sword’

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed scepticism about cutting Russian banks off from the Swift global payments system in an interview with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. "Decoupling…

How new Western sanctions might target Russia

By Karin Strohecker and Katya Golubkova LONDON (Reuters) - With tensions high between Moscow and Western powers, Russia faces the risk of new sanctions, possibly the severest yet, that would…