1. It shall be prohibited, as from 25 June 2024 for legal persons, entities or bodies established in the Union and operating outside of Russia to directly connect to the System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS) of the Central Bank of Russia or equivalent specialised financial messaging services set up by the Central Bank of Russia.
2. It shall be prohibited to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction with a legal person, entity or body established outside Russia as listed in Annex XVIII.
Annex XVIII shall include the legal persons, entities or bodies established outside Russia that use the SPFS of the Central Bank of Russia or equivalent specialised financial messaging services set up by the Central Bank of Russia or the Russian State and that, by such use, (i) increase Russia's financial resilience and (ii) support the circumvention of the prohibitions in this Decision and Decision 2014/145/CFSP, and in Regulations (EU) No 833/2014 and (EU) No 269/2014.
3. The prohib
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