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Exclusive: US allowed JPMorgan payment route for Russian grain export
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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）——兩名俄羅斯消息人士稱，美國允許摩根大通(JPM.N)通
過俄羅斯農業銀行處理農產品出口付款，在不涉及重返SWIFT前提下。
使用 SWIFT 支付系統是俄羅斯在黑海穀物出口協議未來談判中的主要要求之一，聯合國稱
該協議有助於解決因烏克蘭戰爭而加劇的全球糧食危機。
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.
克里姆林宮一再警告說，除非西方消除俄羅斯糧食和化肥出口的障礙，包括出口融資和保險
，否則該協議不會在 5 月 18 日之後續簽。
一位不願透露姓名的俄羅斯消息人士稱，美國外國資產控制辦公室已允許摩根大通處理這筆
交易。
“摩根大通獲得了 OFAC 的許可，可以為農產品採購付款—但過程很困難，”第一位俄羅斯
消息人士說。
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.
另一位俄羅斯消息人士稱，摩根大通和受到美國和歐盟制裁的俄羅斯農業銀行都獲得了執行
單筆交易的特別豁免。
據第二位俄羅斯消息人士稱，它涉及穀物並以美元計價。第三位消息人士還表示，這筆交易
是針對糧食的。
路透社無法確定出口商是誰或供應目的地。
第一位俄羅斯消息人士稱，摩根大通路線被提議作為將俄羅斯農業銀行（稱為 Rosselkhozb
ank）重新連接到 SWIFT 的替代方案，但可以隨時終止。“這不能取代 SWIFT，”消息人士
說。
摩根大通和俄羅斯農業銀行沒有回復置評請求。美國財政部拒絕置評。
另一位熟悉該交易的消息人士稱，美國國務院和美國財政部已要求摩根大通執行本月發生的
與農業材料出口有關的“非常有限且受到高度監控”的交易。
俄羅斯外交部長謝爾蓋拉夫羅夫週二在聯合國的一次簡報會上表示，一家銀行“友善地同意
為一項業務提供資金”，但這不是一個可以接受的長期解決方案。拉夫羅夫沒有透露銀行的
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.
給普京的信
俄羅斯通常是世界上最大的小麥出口國，去年 7 月簽署了一項協議，聯合國同意努力消除
其糧食和化肥出口的任何障礙。
這些出口不受西方在 2022 年 2 月入侵烏克蘭後實施的製裁的約束，但莫斯科表示，對支
付、物流和保險的限制是運輸的障礙。
俄羅斯的主要要求之一是俄羅斯農業銀行返回 SWIFT 銀行系統。
其他要求包括港口准入、陶里亞蒂-敖德薩氨管道的恢復以及涉及食品和化肥出口的俄羅斯
公司的資產和賬戶的解封。
聯合國發言人說，為了挽救黑海糧食協議，聯合國秘書長安東尼奧·古特雷斯給拉夫羅夫寫
了一封致弗拉基米爾·普京總統的信，其中概述了旨在改善、延長和擴大烏克蘭黑海糧食協
議的前進方向.
克里姆林宮週三表示，這封信已通過外交渠道轉交。
“正在考慮中，”克里姆林宮發言人德米特里佩斯科夫說。
在日內瓦，一名俄羅斯特使表示在解決障礙方面沒有取得真正進展，Rosselkhozbank 必須
重新連接到 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/評論：
死白等終於不演了，把俄國踢出SWIFT。然後財政部發放特許經營狀給摩根大通。直接讓摩
根大通變成官辦糧商。
制裁啥鬼啦...摩根大通悶聲發大財了...
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