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applegrove

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Sat Feb 26, 2022, 01:07 AM Feb 2022

Banning Russia From SWIFT Back in Play

Banning Russia From SWIFT Back in Play

February 25, 2022 at 11:11 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 60 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/25/banning-russia-from-swift-back-in-play/

"SNIP......

“The U.S. is seriously considering whether to seek Russia’s expulsion from the SWIFT financial messaging system over the Ukraine invasion as allies in Europe warm to the idea of imposing a penalty that seemed unlikely just days ago,“ Bloomberg reports.

“Biden administration officials are now debating whether to push for a directive from the European Union needed to ban Russia from SWIFT, though a U.S. and EU decision is not imminent.”

......SNIP"

On Real Time tonight they hoped Russia would go into cryptocurrency and then go bust.

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Banning Russia From SWIFT Back in Play (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2022 OP
should have been done yesterday. They cut off swift from iran for much less damage (if any) AlexSFCA Feb 2022 #1
Do It ASAP. dalton99a Feb 2022 #2
US + EU commit to removing selected Russian banks from Swift LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #3
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