EU bars 7 Russian banks from SWIFT, but spares those in energy
BRUSSELS, March 2 (Reuters) – The European Union said on Wednesday it was excluding seven Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system, but stopped short of including those handling energy payments, in the latest sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s second-largest bank VTB (VTBR.MM), Bank Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank (PSKBI.MM), Bank Rossiya,…