Banning Russia From SWIFT Back in Play

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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.

[AlexSFCA]

1. should have been done yesterday. They cut off swift from iran for much less damage (if any)

[dalton99a]

2. Do It ASAP.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. US + EU commit to removing selected Russian banks from Swift

Link to tweet