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4 minute readApril 26, 20239:28 PM GMT+8Last Updated 36 min ago
Exclusive: US allowed JPMorgan payment route for Russian grain export
U.S. asked JPM to process payment for Russian export
Russian source: this route cannot replace SWIFT
Russia has demanded key bank be reconnected to SWIFT
Grain was traded, denominated in USD - second source
莫斯科，4 月 26 日（路透社）——两名俄罗斯消息人士称，美国允许摩根大通(JPM.N)通
过俄罗斯农业银行处理农产品出口付款，在不涉及重返SWIFT前提下。
使用 SWIFT 支付系统是俄罗斯在黑海谷物出口协议未来谈判中的主要要求之一，联合国称
该协议有助于解决因乌克兰战争而加剧的全球粮食危机。
MOSCOW, April 26 (Reuters) - The United States gave JPMorgan(JPM.N)permission
to process payments for agricultural exports via the Russian Agricultural Bank,
but the arrangement was no substitute for reconnecting the bank to the SWIFT sys
tem, two Russian sources told Reuters.
Access to the SWIFT payment system is one of Russia's main demands in negotiatio
ns over the future of the Black Sea grain export deal, which the United Nations
says helps to tackle a global food crisis that has been aggravated by the Ukrain
e war.
克里姆林宫一再警告说，除非西方消除俄罗斯粮食和化肥出口的障碍，包括出口融资和保险
，否则该协议不会在 5 月 18 日之后续签。
一位不愿透露姓名的俄罗斯消息人士称，美国外国资产控制办公室已允许摩根大通处理这笔
交易。
“摩根大通获得了 OFAC 的许可，可以为农产品采购付款—但过程很困难，”第一位俄罗斯
消息人士说。
The Kremlin has repeatedly warned the deal will not be renewed beyond May 18 unl
ess the West removes obstacles to Russian grain and fertiliser exports, includin
g the financing and insurance of exports.
A Russian source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. Office of F
oreign Assets Control had allowed JPMorgan to process the transaction.
"JPMorgan received permission from OFAC to carry out payment for agricultural pr
ocure - but the process is difficult," said the first Russian source.
另一位俄罗斯消息人士称，摩根大通和受到美国和欧盟制裁的俄罗斯农业银行都获得了执行
单笔交易的特别豁免。
据第二位俄罗斯消息人士称，它涉及谷物并以美元计价。第三位消息人士还表示，这笔交易
是针对粮食的。
路透社无法确定出口商是谁或供应目的地。
第一位俄罗斯消息人士称，摩根大通路线被提议作为将俄罗斯农业银行（称为 Rosselkhozb
ank）重新连接到 SWIFT 的替代方案，但可以随时终止。“这不能取代 SWIFT，”消息人士
说。
摩根大通和俄罗斯农业银行没有回复置评请求。美国财政部拒绝置评。
另一位熟悉该交易的消息人士称，美国国务院和美国财政部已要求摩根大通执行本月发生的
与农业材料出口有关的“非常有限且受到高度监控”的交易。
俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖拉夫罗夫周二在联合国的一次简报会上表示，一家银行“友善地同意
为一项业务提供资金”，但这不是一个可以接受的长期解决方案。拉夫罗夫没有透露银行的
名字。
A second Russian source said that JPMorgan and Russian Agricultural Bank, which
is under U.S. and European Union sanctions, were both specifically given exempti
ons to execute a single transaction.
It involved grain and was denominated in U.S. dollars, according to the second R
ussian source. A third source also said the transaction was for grain.
Reuters could not ascertain who the exporter was or the destination of the suppl
y.
The JPMorgan route was proposed as an alternative to reconnecting Russian Agricu
ltural Bank (known as Rosselkhozbank) to SWIFT, but could be terminated at any t
ime, the first Russian source said. "This cannot replace SWIFT," the source said
.
JPMorgan and Russian Agricultural Bank did not reply to requests for comment. Th
e U.S. Treasury declined to comment.
Another source familiar with the transaction said the U.S. State Departmentand
U.S. Treasuryhad asked JPMorgan to carry out the "very limited and highly monit
ored" transaction in relation to the export of agricultural materials, which occ
urred this month.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday told a briefing at the United
Nations that one bank "kindly consented to finance one operation," but that this
was not an acceptable long-term solution. Lavrov did not name the bank.
给普京的信
俄罗斯通常是世界上最大的小麦出口国，去年 7 月签署了一项协议，联合国同意努力消除
其粮食和化肥出口的任何障碍。
这些出口不受西方在 2022 年 2 月入侵乌克兰后实施的制裁的约束，但莫斯科表示，对支
付、物流和保险的限制是运输的障碍。
俄罗斯的主要要求之一是俄罗斯农业银行返回 SWIFT 银行系统。
其他要求包括港口准入、陶里亚蒂-敖德萨氨管道的恢复以及涉及食品和化肥出口的俄罗斯
公司的资产和账户的解封。
联合国发言人说，为了挽救黑海粮食协议，联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯给拉夫罗夫写
了一封致弗拉基米尔·普京总统的信，其中概述了旨在改善、延长和扩大乌克兰黑海粮食协
议的前进方向.
克里姆林宫周三表示，这封信已通过外交渠道转交。
“正在考虑中，”克里姆林宫发言人德米特里佩斯科夫说。
在日内瓦，一名俄罗斯特使表示在解决障碍方面没有取得真正进展，Rosselkhozbank 必须
重新连接到 SWIFT。
LETTER TO PUTIN
Russia, usually the world's top wheat exporter, signed adeal last Julyin which
the United Nations agreed to try to remove any obstacles to its grain and ferti
liser exports.
Those exports are not subject to Western sanctions imposed following the Februar
y 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but Moscow says restrictions on payments, logistics
and insurance are a barrier to shipments.
One of Russia's key demands is for the Russian Agricultural Bank to return to th
e SWIFT banking system.
Other demands include access to ports, the resumption of the Togliatti-Odesa amm
onia pipeline, and the unblocking of assets and the accounts of Russian companie
s involved in food and fertiliser exports.
To try to save the Black Sea grain deal, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
gave Lavrov a letter addressed to President Vladimir Putin that outlines a way
forward aimed at the improvement, extension and expansion of the Ukraine Black S
ea grain deal, a U.N. spokesperson said.
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the letter had been passed on via diplomatic
channels.
"It is being considered," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
In Geneva,a Russian envoysaid there had been no real progress on resolving the
obstacles and that Rosselkhozbank had to be reconnected to SWIFT.
"What we need is not only case-by-case decisions, we need a systematic decision
to reconnect Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT to make it possible for this bank to operat
e," Russia's envoy to the United Nations in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, told report
ers.
Editing by Guy Faulconbridge, Editing by Louise Heavens
心得/评论：
死白等终于不演了，把俄国踢出SWIFT。然后财政部发放特许经营状给摩根大通。直接让摩
根大通变成官办粮商。
制裁啥鬼啦...摩根大通闷声发大财了...