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Gyftycf t1_iuckm5e wrote

Good. Ban them from SWIFT too. Steam (game company) has banned Russian payments. People on Russia online newspapers (RIA, translated, I don't speak Russian) are pissed.

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Dropped-pie t1_iucuo0c wrote

Pretty sure that was in the first round of sanctions

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Gyftycf t1_iucyu47 wrote

No, Russians who have fled to Turkey and other countries can still access their RU banks. I'm not a SWIFT expert, but I've read Russians saying they still can.

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jknl t1_iufl98g wrote

They can not use Money from there Russia bank accounts.(if outside Russia) But they can access and withdrawal money from there non Russia banks Russia.(if outside Russia).

Russian banks are sanctioned not the Russian people. Only the few Elite that are personally sanctioned, suppose to have there personal bank accounts frozen with western banks.

The regular Russian Citizens can access there personal bank accounts with western banks. But there can be no transfer of money with Russian banks and western banks, because if the sanctions/ban on Russian banks

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