The head of VTB said it was premature to talk about the return of financial organizations to the Russian Federation.

It is premature to talk about the return of foreign financial institutions to Russia, this decision will be considered in the future. This was announced on April 11 by the Head of VTB Andrey Kostin.

"It's too early to talk about it yet. Of course, there are no signs yet. This is a more promising issue," TASS quoted him as saying.

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Earlier, on March 26, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the United States admits the possibility of restoring Russian banks' access to the SWIFT international system if it contributes to the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.

Prior to that, on March 19, Kostin noted that SWIFT was no longer needed by anyone, Russia and other countries have modern payment systems.