,,iii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #edh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march    
#af1 #bjbb,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself 
and ,mr4 ,blumenthal7 submitted the     
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,banking1         
,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs           
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate on ending the access of     
,russian financial institutions to      
specialized financial messaging         
services4  ,whereas providers of        
specialized financial messaging services
 are a critical link to the             
international financial system2 ,whereas
 the ,european ,union1 ,japan1 ,canada1 
and other partners of the ,united       
,states are to be commended for         
strengthening the multilateral sanctions
 regime against the ,russian            
,federation2 ,whereas1 while the        
expulsion of selected ,russian financial
 institutions from specialized financial
 messaging services is a first step1    

that expulsion alone is not sufficient  
to address the scope and scale at which 
the ,government of the ,russian         
,federation is waging war against       
,ukraine2 and ,whereas1 once achieved1  
the complete loss of access by ,russian 
financial institutions to specialized   
financial messaging services must be    
maintained3 ,now1 therefore1 be it      
,that-- 7#a7 the ,senate urges the      
,president1 in the strongest possible   
terms1 to immediately take all measures 
necessary to remove all ,russian        
financial institutions from access to   
specialized financial messaging         
services1 including by working with     
allies and partners of the ,united      
,states to execute that removal         
multilaterally2  7#b7 it is the sense of
 the ,senate that the ,russian financial
 institutions covered by paragraph 7#a7 
include-- 7,a7 ,sberbank2  7,b7 ,,vtb2  
7,c7 ,gazprombank2  7,d7 ,,veb4,,rf2    
7,e7 ,the ,russian ,direct ,investment  
,fund2  7,f7 ,credit ,bank of ,moscow2  

7,g7 ,alfa ,bank2  7,h7 ,rosselkhozbank2
  7,i7 ,,fc ,bank ,otkritie2  7,j7      
,promsvyazbank2  7,k7 ,sovcombank2  7,l7
 ,transkapitalbank2  7,m7 ,tinkoff      
,bank2 and  7,n7 any financial          
institution that is owned or controlled 
by1 or is a successor to1 a financial   
institution specified in any of         
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,m72 and    
7#c7 it is the sense of the ,senate that
 any package of sanctions imposed with  
respect to the ,russian ,federation is  
strengthened by working in concert with 
allies and partners of the ,united      
,states4