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Invading Europe is unlikely to restore SWIFT access.
by Gatsky 5y ago
Invading Europe is unlikely to restore SWIFT access.
- danpalmer 5y agoAnd even if it did, SWIFT access is in large part a quick way to impose a lot of sanctions. It essentially limits imports/exports which could be done in other ways (and have been, E.g. Nordstream 2) but which would take a lot of time to do effectively.
- smegger001 5y agoBut from the point of veiw of the russian leadership they have less to loose now. That said i think we should cut them off and give all the aid to Ukrain we can, the west is doing it a disservice after they voluntarily gave up their nuclear weapons on the condition that we protect them.
- MauranKilom 5y ago> But from the point of veiw of the russian leadership they have less to loose now. They are paying a hefty price with every single day this situation goes on. The goal is to reach the point of "too painful to continue" as quickly as possible.
- salawat 5y agoThe Budapest Memorandum did not include a defense clause. >https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/49/765 https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/49/765