Blacklists swap will lead Russia, West into deadlock - Medvedev
MOSCOW. April 22 (Interfax) - The continuation of exchange of blacklists in the wake of the incorporation of Crimea into Russia will result in an absolute deadlock, said Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
"Of course, we can continue swapping blacklists but I do not even consider it necessary to prove now that this is an absolute deadlock," he said while presenting a government report to the Duma on Tuesday.
Already Russians have experienced the restrictions, and not just in getting visas: foreign partners have removed certain Russian banks from international payment systems, the prime minister said.
"For us, it is an additional incentive to create a national payment system that would hardly depend on the international situation and operate smoothly on a nationwide scale," Medvedev said.